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- From: bamf13@ix.netcom.com(Mark & Michelle Wood)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A500 memory limitations?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 17:55:42 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- In <4jk66i$oeu@nkosi.well.com> jeremyn@well.sf.ca.us (Jeremy Nixon)
- writes:
-
- >In 68000 mode your limit is 8 megs fast, 2 megs chip. However, it all
- has
- >to be 16-bit RAM, mapped into the right place. Your 32-bit RAM on the
- >68030 is probably (hopefully) mapped above that address space and thus
-
- >can't be accessed in 68000 mode.
-
- Thanks for your reply. How can I tell where it is mapped, what is the
- right place for it, and how do I 'map' it elsewhere if needed?
-
- >
- >Switching to 68000 mode won't cause a problem, you just won't have any
-
- >memory beyond the 68000's address space. My A500 has a total of 18
- megs,
- >2 megs chip plus 16 megs 32-bit fast on my 030. If I boot in 68000
- mode,
- >I only get the 2 megs chip RAM.
- >
-
- So even if it's mapped low it will be okay?
- Thanks!
-