[Coco] Programs larger than 32K?

Allen Huffman alsplace at pobox.com
Sat Jan 19 18:06:27 EST 2019


On Jan 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Evan Wright via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> Do people have a main segment that is less than 32k, which puts the CoCo in all-RAM mode, then load the remaining data from separate files?

Here’s a bit of my research:

http://subethasoftware.com/2015/01/16/pclear-0-to-get-more-coco-basic-memory/

It is possible to use the extra RAM on a CoCo 3, but it would take some tricks in assembly on a CoCo 1/2 to Bank things in and out to get to data, since banking out the ROMs would prevent you from running BASIC.



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