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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MWC & large arrays -- help!
Keywords: why?
Message-ID: <2010@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 88 16:05:09 GMT
References: <734@cacilj.UUCP> <720@leah.Albany.Edu>
Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin
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In article <720@leah.Albany.Edu> jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek) writes:
>The only thing I can think of right now is that the problem is with the
>ST, and not the MWC. In Lazer C you are restricted to 32K arrays and
>structures and since it is because of the way the ST partitions memory,
>I'd have to say that MWC would have the same problem...

Hihi, the ST's 68000 partitions memory as one, 16MByte chunk.
The GLUE-chip partitions memory as follows: 4 Meg RAM, 11 Meg  (Bus
Error/two bombs), 1 Meg of "stuff" (ROM, i/o).

Are you mixing up 8088's segmented adressing sheme ant the ST?
>
>I could be wrong, so please no flames.

Of course not.

hase
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