Re: 48K stage-loaded to 64K single-load?

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>]

On 05/09/2012 03:57 PM, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> Some games have been cracked to use the language card or Apple //e 
> extended memory to allow themselves to be single-loaded into memory.
> 
> Obviously this isn't possible with every game.  For example Lode Runner 
> needs 37.5K to hold its levels.  (Championship Lode Runner may be viable; 
> it doesn't have the editor and only needs 12.5K for its levels - some of 
> which may be able to be placed where the disk read code is now, and over 
> video memory during the load process.)

Some ideas:

Do you use compression, for example exomizer? I can't imagine that e.g.
Lode Runner needs 37.5K of compressed data.

Also, do you use DOS or ProDOS?

If ProDOS, do you need BASIC.SYSTEM? Couldn't you use LOADER.SYSTEM
instead? or MicroDot? That would gain you at least 7K if not more.

If DOS, can you maybe use one of those hacks that moves most of DOS into
the language card memory region?

Lastly, if the media is 5.25" can you maybe use just naked RWTS code and
live without both DOS and ProDOS?

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Linards Ticmanis