CompuServe Messages

Vic, Commodore engineering has _unofficially_ declared MEMF_PUBLIC to mean nothing. It seems that too many programs misused it, to the point that if-and-when an implementation change would enforce the (possible) intended meaning, too much software would break. Consequently, if-and-when the need arises to enforce a MEMF_PUBLIC-like differentiation, a new type-bit will be used, and the old flags will continue to function as they currently do. The implication is that any memory that doesn't have this "to-be-defined" bit on must be treated as VIRTUAL=REAL. …BobR