[GEM Development] Re: gem-dev Digest, Vol 22, Issue 23

John Elliott jce at seasip.demon.co.uk
Wed Aug 24 01:00:09 PDT 2005


: This means several things:  It'll be 3D, it'll break the 64kb memory
: barrier on the desktop.  It'll be able to load more accessories.  It'll
: have automatic drive detection.  And it'll have nicer fonts.

  EMMA breaks (or tries to break) the 64k limit on the AES, not the Desktop;
it does this by moving the Item Selector into EMS. If you want more than 64k
of Desktop you just compile it in the large model. My Desktop hasn't reached
that point yet, but it might.

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