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 BLINKER SEGMENT THRESHOLD
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 Purpose:
 Modify the default segment packing limit.

 Syntax:
 BLINKER SEGMENT THRESHOLD <nuLimit>

 Default:
 <nuLimit> is 65500 bytes.

 Description:
 When creating a new EXE format executable, ie DOS extended or Windows
 programs, Blinker packs code and data segments in order to reduce the number
 of segments present in the final executable. At runtime data and code are
 loaded and discarded as complete segments, which can impact execution speed
 when segment swapping occurs frequently. This command can be used to set the
 maximum size (in bytes) of combined or packed segments, reducing the sizes of
 the segments being swapped.

 A decrease in the segment threshold will result in a corresponding increase
 in the number of segments in the EXE file. The new EXE format has a maximum
 limit of 254 segments, therefore, if the threshold is set too low, (causing
 more than 254 segments to be required), Blinker will display link time error
 message 1141 indicating that the new EXE segment limit has been exceeded.

 Example:
 # Pack segments to a limit of 16 Kb
 BLINKER SEGMENT THRESHOLD 16384