Msg: 6996 *Conference*

03-22-97 14:09:10

From: COMET _

To : RICHARD HANSON

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #168 (NO ROOM!)

You can create a directory entry to point at the resident ml program, and this
will automatically execute the program at the starting address when you select
it from the menu.  However, you cannot save a COPY of the program in the usual
.CO place.  
 
To distribute this large file online, the loader doesn't have to be larger than
the RAM.  Look at how the in-memory tokenizer for large BA programs (DO2BA)
does its work--a similar program could be written that would translate the
incoming ASCII program into 8-bit ml for the Model T.  Alternatively, I suppose
you can distribute the binary, and people can work directly with that.  I
imagine this shouldn't provide too much trouble with people with desktop
machines and good Model T connectivity.