Program size limit (G1 vs G2)

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(09-27-2023 05:14 PM)Tyann Wrote:  I think I once read a message from Cyrille de Brébisson who said that an application needs 3 times its size in available Ram to be loaded.
I don't know if the same applies to programs?

Do you mean this post: https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-76...#pid100801?
An application (with an icon) and a program are not the same thing. An application sent as a compressed folder contains many files within it and needs to be decompressed (creating a copy here). On the other hand, a program (stored directly in Program Catalog) is a single file (or project) that isn't decompressed. The G1 has 32MB of RAM, but I thought that should be sufficient (although it's possible that less is available for user use). I will delete everything from the G1 (factory settings) and check if that changes anything.

I know that if I create an application (instead of a program), it might work on G1 if I move the data I currently store in the code to individual files (AFiles). The problem is that this is not a typical application, there's no screen, so creating an application here doesn't make much sense, and that's why I wanted to leave it as a program available in the 'Program Catalog' (although it might not be possible for the G1).