BOOSTER PAK: A DIAGRAMATIC EXPLAINATION/REVIEW =for general distribution= By John J. Gaudreault 72067,3046 Letters in "( )" = DIRECTORY (DIR) Numbers After E's = # of ENVIROMENTS (ENV) ENV #1 = active ENV in this diagram and, DIR(A)=ENV1,DIR(B)=0 ENV,DIR(C)=ENV1+2,DIR(D)=ENV1+2+3. _________________________ ! ENVIROMENT(1) ! ! __________________ ! ! l ROOT(DIR)NULL l ! ! l ^ l ! ! --------!--------- ! ! ________!_______ ! ! l l ! l l ! ! l_E1 l ! l_E1 l_E1! ! (A) (B) ! (C)E2(D)E2! ! l l ! l l ! ! l l ! l l E3! ! l l ! l l ! ! l____l__!__l____l ! ! ! ! ! ^ ! ! ________^_______ ! ! l WORKSPACE (1)l ! ! l l ! ! ----------------- ! !-----------------------! THE WORKSPACE (WRKSPC) IS THE 32K RAM OF THE M100. EACH AND EVERY DIR CAN ACCESS THE ROOT DIR AND THE "CURRENTLY LOADED WORKSPACE". EACH ENV HAS ONLY ONE WRKSPC ASSIGNED. THERE IS ONLY 1 ROOT DIR AND 1 NULL ENV. ALL DIRs ARE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. EACH MEMBERS OF A COLLECTION OF ENVs, COULD EACH SHARE THE SAME rom, EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT rom, OR NO rom. EACH ENVIROMENT HAS A PARTICULAR WRKSPC ASSOCIATED WITH IT ,AND A SET OF FILES (.BA,.CO,.DO) CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WRKSPC/ENV. AN ENV ROM CAN BE LOADED FROM MORE THAN ONE DIR "IF IT HAS BEEN ASIGNED" TO THAT DIR. BUT THE ENV ROM CAN BE "ENTERED" FROM ANY DIR VIA A MACRO. TEXT, BASIC, AND TELCOM ARE IN DIRs ONLY, AND NOT IN THE WRKSPC. FOR PROPER OPERATION ENVs SHOULD BE CREATED ONLY IN DIRs OTHER THAN THE ROOT DIR. THIS IS IMPORTANT.