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UIDE "Packed File" Usage. (Miscellaneous)

posted by avoskov, 07.11.2007, 08:34

> If UIDE is NOT loaded early by CONFIG.SYS, users must be aware UIDE will
> "unpack" into about 7K of memory. If DOS puts UIDE in only 6K of memory
> based on its object-file size, a CRASH may occur! Users who do not load
> UIDE through CONFIG.SYS should "unpack" it with V3.01 UPX, then load the

The situation is rare but it is not impossible. Some computers have small blocks of upper memory and there is nothing impossible in 6K size of some block. But I don't see the problem - it is possible to make unpacked versions from ASM sources.

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