[Coco] new problem with unpack

[Greg Law]

These numbers don't quite look right to me because you're not taking into 
account the 8K MMU block size and you're not accounting for 
RunB+Inkey+SysCall+gfx2 being linked into the process space. Assuming 
runb+inkey+syscall+gfx2 are merged into a single fileyou'll end up with 
something more like this:

RunB = 12,185
gfx2 = 2250
inkey = 95
syscall = 99
Total = 14,629
Allocation = 16K

Assuming unpack has a 2,733 byte module size, this is one 8K block. So when 
you run unpack, it loads unpack into one 8K block and loads and links 
runb+inkey+syscall+gfx2 into two 8K blocks for a total allocation of 24K. If 
it needs to load and link readCode with a 9,054 byte module size, this tacks 
on another 16K block for a total of 40K.

Now you need 8,475+451 bytes for data and runb needs 4K for data so this is 
another 16K block for a total of 56K.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Wayne Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 1:07 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] new problem with unpack

I used vfy and ded both to change the data space requirement for unpack. I
used vfy first, then when it showed the 215 error, I started again and used
ded. It resulted in a different error (215 bad pathname). Using decode, I
can tell that I did increase the storage size field to 8192.

I have put together a list of the modules in memory at once, including
their module sizes and their data sizes. I am not using formatting in this
post, so you will likely need to copy the table below to a text editor that
allows you to see mono-spaced text. I believe that the last row (C) proves
that I am not using up the entire 64K space, but I am still not sure.
Perhaps someone else can tell me if I am going over the limit (remembering
that the 64K space includes whatever is copied from the system, as well as
the merged RunB modules).

RunB is merged with Inkey, SysCall and gfx2.

Wayne

1 unpack/readCode
2 unpack/defVars
3 unpack/buildSrc
4 unpack/instruction
A module size
B data size
C total size

      1       2       3       4
   =====   =====   =====   =====
A   2733    2733    2733    2733
    9054   10460    5526    9848
   =====   =====   =====   =====
   11787   13193    8259   12581

B    451     451     451     451
    8475    7138    8082   11643
   =====   =====   =====   =====
    8926    7589    8533   12094

C  11787   13193    8259   12581
    8926    7589    8533   12094
   =====   =====   =====   =====
   20713   20782   16792   24575

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