Re: new ProDOS ports

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Date	2016-01-05 21:00 -0800
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Subject	Re: new ProDOS ports
From	mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:37:03 UTC+10, qkumba  wrote:

> > There's always a way, especially when everyone else says there isn't. ;)
> 
> Yes, but it would require ripping apart the game to see what's used when.
> Reclaiming 16kb is a big ask, and all that just to save the high scores.

I'm not sure what aesthetic rules you're following, but if you can't 'quit' the game and need to reboot to exit, whether or not ProDOS is resident after load seems irrelevant.

With that in mind, you would be able read the ProDOS directory blocks of the game files, stash the block list, and issue Smartport calls, freeing up ~12k of the language card (assuming you kept the Disk ][ driver resident to allow for 5.25" compatibility)

But I suppose that's cheating ? :-)

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Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 13:12 -0800
  Re: new ProDOS ports sicklittlemonkey <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 17:17 -0800
    Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 10:10 -0800
      Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2015-11-18 21:04 +0100
        Re: new ProDOS ports Delfs <eeastman@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 03:18 -0800
          Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 09:45 -0800
            Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 07:57 -0800
              Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 08:48 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-01 19:47 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 15:07 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 20:29 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-04 09:13 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 06:59 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 08:00 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 09:21 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 20:12 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-05 21:12 +0000
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 20:37 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 21:00 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 22:58 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 22:54 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 07:31 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports "Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev'" <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 15:45 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 18:29 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 20:19 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 07:57 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-01-07 20:22 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-08 12:54 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports "Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev'" <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 23:30 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 10:37 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 11:21 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Jerome Vernet <jeromevernet@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-14 22:30 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:52 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 08:14 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-06 06:09 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-01-07 16:10 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-08 02:43 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 23:05 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 13:07 -0800
                Re: new ProDOS ports Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-01-06 22:29 +0100
                Re: new ProDOS ports BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 14:06 -0800

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