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Re: ZipGSX programming...



In article <C1MEMq.1Gy@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
> 
> To ID a TWGS, you scan $BC/0000 for the bytes 'TWGS' and then if a TWGS is
> present, there are some vectors you can JSL to in bank $BC to control the 
> thing.  Easier to code for than the ZipGS, although this may cause conflicts
> if your GS is maxed out in RAM since bank $BC is reserved for RAM. 

Reserved for RAM???  Only if they do a hardware update, and rewrite
the memory manager.  It currently scans for memory starting in bank
$7F and working down from there.
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David Empson

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