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.