Msg: 3839 *Conference*

01-15-93 22:42:39

From: DAVID BROWN

To : SYSOP

Subj: XR4

Well, Rick, I am pleased with the purchase of the XR4.  It's interesting to
note that I can't use the XR4MNU.BA to save BASIC files into the RAM banks.
The only way I could figure out to do it was to load the programs I wanted for
a particular RAM bank into the main RAM and then do a RAM/bank swap.  This went
flawlessly.  It's nice to add RAM to the computer without adding to its size.  
The RAM/bank swapping could help one in the use of .CO programs, such as Let's
Play Monopoly where a certain amount of RAM must be cleared for the machine
language program.  Then do the RAM/bank swap to store the configuration in a
certain bank.  Then, rather than configure stock RAM each time, just do a swap.
This is a nice idea, which I will use.  I also may use the ROM imaging to 
configure one of the banks for TS-DOS in ROM, although I am using this
particular Model 100 with LAPDOS at the present.  It's nice to know I can do
this other at some future time, though.
  
Thanks for everything.