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From: wright@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Separate overlay files w/ MSC
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Date: 29 Sep 89 16:36:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!wright    Sep 29 11:36:00 1989



I have taken on the task of working on a large (at least by DOS
standards) program being developed with MSC 5.1.  I have broken
the code into overlays to conserve memory usage, but MSC still
stores all of the overlays in one executable file, resulting in a
file that is to large to fit on a single 360K floppy.  I would
like to be able to store overlays in separate file(s), but MSC by
itself seems unwilling.  Can someone tell me how other programs
are developed with separate files for overlays?

PS - We already know about various compression programs (PKZIP
etc.); I am trying to touch alternatives.

Thanks in advance--
David Wright
wright@cs.uiuc.edu
wright%a.cs.uiuc.edu@uiucvmd.bitnet