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BIGBUF.COM June 1992 Challenge
Solved
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Usage: Load BIGBUF in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to run.
Comments: The February 1992 Challenge invited you to overcom
DOS's 15-character keyboard buffer limit. Although
shareware programs can do this, we try to provide
solutions that you can type in and use immediately.
Our winning entry comes from 13-year-old Charles
Lepple of Alexandria, Virginia, who submitted a
DEBUG script that extends the keyboard buffer.
We've enhanced his so lution to include some
error-trapping code.
Notes: BIGBUF is a TSR that used 512 bytes of RAM and must
be loaded somewhere in the first 64k of conventional
memory due to BIOS restrictions. If BIGBUF is loaded
higher, it displays the message, "Error: BIGBUF must
be loaded lower", and does not extend the buffer. If
BIGBUF complains that it must be loaded lower, do so
by loading it eearlier in the startup sequence. That
is, make it the first or second TSR rather than the
tenth. If all goes well, BIGBUF will report:
"Keyboard buffer extended to 127 characters."