> -----Original Message-----
> But TSLOAD.CO doesn't do anything but loads
> DOS100.CO binary file. Which is 8k.
This is true, but with a difference. It loads DOS100.CO on demand rather than
have it reside in your RAM at all times, so when you quit TS-DOS you get the
RAM back. Sometimes you might prefer to have it sit there taking up 8k at all
times, but sometimes you might prefer to have 8k available to work with.
> More than one way to do it!
Well, that's why I suggested two alternatives. TEENY is definitely smaller,
but IMHO for some people (and especially for someone just starting out with a
Model T or with 8-bit computers in general) using TEENY is another hurdle
compared with the interface of TS-DOS, and they're already trying to overcome
multiple hurdles at once. You can learn about how file transfers work with
TS-DOS and then later decide if you want to learn to operate TEENY to save on
RAM space. It's easy to forget that when you're just starting out with this
machine (like I was a few years ago) it takes a little while before file
transfers and TPDD servers start to make sense rather than feeling like
mysterious incantations. :)
jim
