How to load program into fixed memory area

ShK · 07 July 2016, 07:05

Is there any tool for AOS3 which can allocate the given memory address and load any program in there?

Galahad/FLT · 07 July 2016, 09:07

Why do you need to do this? When possible it is best to avoid it if you can.

Of course if you have no choice, you could always use an absolute cruncher which will pack an Amiga exe file to a specific memory address, but this is only advisable for a program that kills the OS.

Crunchmania is decent enough and will do this.

demolition · 07 July 2016, 09:41

Can you demand a specific memory address when allocating memory from the OS?

Of course, it may already be occupied by something else unless it is some special memory type, e.g. something that is hidden and has not been added to the system pool. But in that case, you cannot use the OS to allocate that memory, but it should not damage the running system if you just use it directly since the system would never access it.

meynaf · 07 July 2016, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by demolition

Can you demand a specific memory address when allocating memory from the OS?

You can use the AllocAbs function for this purpose.

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Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Why do you need to do this? When possible it is best to avoid it if you can. Of course if you have no choice, you could always use an absolute cruncher which will pack an Amiga exe file to a specific memory address, but this is only advisable for a program that kills the OS. Crunchmania is decent enough and will do this.

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demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 43 Posts: 4,190	Can you demand a specific memory address when allocating memory from the OS? Of course, it may already be occupied by something else unless it is some special memory type, e.g. something that is hidden and has not been added to the system pool. But in that case, you cannot use the OS to allocate that memory, but it should not damage the running system if you just use it directly since the system would never access it.

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