[pups] Maximum PDP-11 executable size?

[Edward Brocklesby]

On Friday 20 April 2001  5:49 am, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> 	In order to get the code to fit it would be necessary to extract
> 	all of the .o files from the .a file ("ar x libmh.a") and
> 	pack the .o files into overlays so they fit nicely.

hmm.. i might have a look at doing this after i get xstr working.

> 	Getting 32bit programs (and MH was done on a VAX or PDP10 (which is
> 	actually a 36 bit machine ;)) to run on a 16 bit machine is a lot of
> 	work.

36bit with 9bit bytes, iirc .. fun :>

I'm currently converting libmh.a to use xstr, but I've come across a 
problem.. given the definition

static char  unixbuf[BUFSIZ] = "";

xstr generates the code

static char  unixbuf[BUFSIZ] = (&xstr[0]);

which the C compiler refuses to compile.  Any way around this?

	-larne-

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