[Coco] Cartridge size limit?

[Lee Patterson]

Agree. If the memory is there it should be utilized. 

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> On May 4, 2016, at 09:06, Christopher Fox <cbfox01 at syr.edu> wrote:
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> Right! *Unused* memory is memory that is wasted. Not the other way around.
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>> On 20160504, 09:00, "Coco on behalf of Mark McDougall" <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com on behalf of msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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>>> On 4/05/2016 10:50 PM, Robert Gault wrote:
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>>> and you require a much smaller ROM.
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>> It might have made a difference back in the day, but now... ???
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>> I had a discussion very recently with the guy who is porting Pentagram 
>> (Knight Lore sequel) to the Atari 8-bit. I mentioned that I was 
>> considering pre-flipping all the sprites as an optimisation on the Coco3 
>> which would require an additional 16KB of RAM. His response was that it 
>> was a "waste of memory". I thought it a funny comment to make, because 
>> the memory is just sitting there empty if I don't use it! :)
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>> Regards,
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