Msg: 616 *Conference*
10-10-91 23:30:39
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : TRACY ALLEN
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #614 (OVERWRITTEN FILE)
That's interesting about the 100's OS closing up all the blank space in RAM when a file is erased. I didn't know that. That OS is pretty busy, huh? Lot's of file reallocation going on all the time. I talked to David the day after leaving the BBS message. He said the he tried using the cold start recovery program, but had not dumped all the files, beforehand. The file created contained many copies of a small portin of the text he wanted. It went over and over again; like it was looping. Any ideas about what actually happened under the above conditions? Also, what are all the starting positions for smaller machines, i.e., M100/102 8K, 16K, 24K, 32K, M200 24K. I had this written down someplace but could not find it when I was looking around the other day. I've got a ton of old threads from the mid 80s when Bill Templeton was banging around here regarding his work in the RAM area. I might dig that old stuff up and throw it online to see if anything is useful. -Rick-