New answers tagged memory-layout
5
Both the DFS and the ADFS did indeed reserve memory for themselves at startup, increasing PAGE; this memory was used to hold the current catalogue and other bookkeeping.
For adapting existing tape software two observations are helpful:
almost nothing on the BBC was a multiload; and
you can turf the [A]DFS out of memory if you don't intend to use it again.
...
Top 50 recent answers are included
Related Tags
memory-layout × 60memory × 9
commodore-64 × 7
ibm-pc × 7
ms-dos × 5
graphics × 5
history × 4
apple-ii × 4
nintendo × 4
bbc-micro × 4
hardware × 3
6502 × 3
basic × 3
amiga × 2
assembly × 2
emulation × 2
programming × 2
z80 × 2
zx-spectrum × 2
gaming × 2
cpu × 2
rom × 2
c × 2
ram × 2
game-boy × 2