Msg: 5159 *Conference*
07-04-94 15:19:53
From: COMET _
To : TRACY ALLEN
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5132 (MEMORY EXPANSION)
I received the technical info, and have thoroughly read it. :-) Good stuff! I'm gonna buy "The Secrets of ROM Revealed" by Mo Budlong, as soon as I can find it.... I don't plan on buying a ROMBO anytime soon. Maybe after I write some killer apps. ;-) The RAMPAC seems interesting enough. I *think* it plugs on the expansion bus. [Memory? What, you expect me to REMEMBER? I'm lookin' at the papers!] But wouldn't this get in the way of the extRAM/XR4? The extRAM article mentioned an EXTMNU program that doesn't handle .DO files at the time of the article, although such a function for this program was "under development". Since the article was written in November 1990, I want to know: what's new? Also, although files were able to be brought FROM the extRAM one-at-a-time, they were only able to be STORED on the extRAM as part of the entire 32K bank! Right, the entire contents (less the alternate LCD buffer and line-input buffer?) of "normal" RAM get swapped with the extRAM. I'm pretty sure I could write my own program that would allow me to add just one file.... [*thinking*] {I might have to precreate file entries in the file directory, so that this area won't grow? Hmmm.}