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ModuleBlue/!Boot/DeskStart

This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.

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Filename: ModuleBlue/!Boot/DeskStart
Read OK:
File size: 014A bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
| !Boot.DeskStart for loading SJSprites


| Load the SJSprites module. This carefully moves the wimp sprite pool
| into the system heap and thus prevents much module area fragmentation.
| This must be loaded very early in the desktop startup file.

RMEnsure UtilityModule 3.50 RMEnsure SJSprites 1.00 RMLoad <Boot$Dir>.SJSprites
00000000  0a 7c 20 21 42 6f 6f 74  2e 44 65 73 6b 53 74 61  |.| !Boot.DeskSta|
00000010  72 74 20 66 6f 72 20 6c  6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 53  |rt for loading S|
00000020  4a 53 70 72 69 74 65 73  0a 0a 0a 7c 20 4c 6f 61  |JSprites...| Loa|
00000030  64 20 74 68 65 20 53 4a  53 70 72 69 74 65 73 20  |d the SJSprites |
00000040  6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 2e 20  54 68 69 73 20 63 61 72  |module. This car|
00000050  65 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 6d  6f 76 65 73 20 74 68 65  |efully moves the|
00000060  20 77 69 6d 70 20 73 70  72 69 74 65 20 70 6f 6f  | wimp sprite poo|
00000070  6c 0a 7c 20 69 6e 74 6f  20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73  |l.| into the sys|
00000080  74 65 6d 20 68 65 61 70  20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 75  |tem heap and thu|
00000090  73 20 70 72 65 76 65 6e  74 73 20 6d 75 63 68 20  |s prevents much |
000000a0  6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 61  72 65 61 20 66 72 61 67  |module area frag|
000000b0  6d 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f  6e 2e 0a 7c 20 54 68 69  |mentation..| Thi|
000000c0  73 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62  65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64  |s must be loaded|
000000d0  20 76 65 72 79 20 65 61  72 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 74  | very early in t|
000000e0  68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74  6f 70 20 73 74 61 72 74  |he desktop start|
000000f0  75 70 20 66 69 6c 65 2e  0a 0a 52 4d 45 6e 73 75  |up file...RMEnsu|
00000100  72 65 20 55 74 69 6c 69  74 79 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65  |re UtilityModule|
00000110  20 33 2e 35 30 20 52 4d  45 6e 73 75 72 65 20 53  | 3.50 RMEnsure S|
00000120  4a 53 70 72 69 74 65 73  20 31 2e 30 30 20 52 4d  |JSprites 1.00 RM|
00000130  4c 6f 61 64 20 3c 42 6f  6f 74 24 44 69 72 3e 2e  |Load <Boot$Dir>.|
00000140  53 4a 53 70 72 69 74 65  73 0a                    |SJSprites.|
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