Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide
Novaterm has a
device-independent interface for accessing memory,
which means that Novaterm can use a variety of memory expansion
devices for the buffer with the appropriate driver. Each driver uses all
of the available memory in the device (except for the
RAMLink/RAMDrive driver; see below). Each driver also has a
maximum directory size (number of files) that may be stored in the
buffer directory.
For information on where to obtain these devices, see Appendix C,
Vendor information.
internal:
Uses the internal memory of the Commodore 64. With this
driver, you buffer is limited to 2.5K of internal memory. The
maximum size of the directory is 22 files.
If you chose a C128 80-column screen previously (see 1.1.5), this
option will instead select the alt-internal
driver, which uses some of
the memory not used by the C64 80-column emulation to give a total
of 6.5K.
VDC+internal:
Uses the internal memory of the Commodore 64 as
well as the Commodore 128's VDC memory. This driver only works
if you are using a Commodore 128 in 64 mode. It uses the 16K or
64K of RAM associated with the VDC chip (the driver detects how
much is available), as well as the internal memory of the Commodore
64, for a total of 18.5K or 66.5K of space. The maximum size of the
directory is 64 files.
If you chose a C128 80-column screen previously (see 1.1.5), this
option will instead select the VDC+alt-int
driver, which avoids using
the first 16K of VDC memory (leaving it for the 80-column screen).
If you only have 16K of VDC memory installed in you computer,
this driver only uses the 6.5K of internal memory. If you have 64K of
VDC memory, the driver uses the upper 48K of that memory, for a
total of 54.5K of buffer space.
REU: Uses a
RAM Expansion Unit (1700/1750/1764). The driver
detects the size of the REU. (The driver will detect REU's expanded
to 2 MB, and even more if it's ever done.) The maximum size of the
directory is 144 files. The driver also allocates three pages (768
bytes)
of memory for use with the fast-REU 80-column driver (see 4.2.1,
80-column driver).
BBG-GEORam:
Uses a BBGRam or GEORam. The driver detects
the size of the unit (BBGRam cartridges are available in sizes up to 2