So apparently the answer to "How long does VGAPride...

So apparently the answer to "How long does VGAPride take to compile on a 386 with 2mb of RAM?" is "GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT AT 09C7:0804"

Like 13 Jul 2023 at 17:50 | Open on digipres.club

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Foone🏳️‍⚧️

yeah it runs out of ram early into flagdefs.cpp.

I'm not really surprised. that file is super-complicated.
I'd need to shard the CPP file to make this work. ugh, compiler partitioning

13 Jul 2023 at 18:02 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

admittedly I already do that because BRAZIL crashes it even on DOSBox with like 64mb of ram

13 Jul 2023 at 18:03 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

it's running out of RAM 2064 lines into a 1217-line file.

makes sense

13 Jul 2023 at 18:04 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

so I need to do one of:
1. rebuild VGAPride to have fewer flags per definition file.
2. convert it to compile at the command line and hope that provides more RAM (I need to do this anyway)
3. upgrade the RAM of my 386

13 Jul 2023 at 18:09 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

I could try making a bootdisk but this system is already pretty minimal. No CD-ROM, sound, or network drivers. Maybe if I lower the number of files/stacks?

13 Jul 2023 at 18:10 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

looks like I have room for 2 more 30-pin SIMMs.
Maybe another 4 on top of that if I solder in some new sockets

13 Jul 2023 at 18:30 | Open on digipres.club

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

I don't know where my 30-pin simms are. hmm.

13 Jul 2023 at 18:34 | Open on digipres.club

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