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- From: ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: More TT030 help...
- Message-ID: <4295@wet.UUCP>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 16:37:43 GMT
- References: <1992Sep4.042609.12758@u.washington.edu>
- Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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- In article <1992Sep4.042609.12758@u.washington.edu> dud@hardy.u.washington.edu (Daniel Aylward) writes:
- >I just bought an 8 meg TT. I have a hundred zillion questions, but I'll
- >start off with 2...
- >
-
- Cool, Dan got a TT. I know a couple of other people who in the last few weeks
- got TTs. Good to see they're not waiting. :^)
-
- >1) How do you use the Fast RAM? All memory tests show I only have 4,
- >which I can understand, but when I run Calamus and load all my 130 fonts
- >it says I'm out of memory (I know that's only 4 megs because I could load
- >most of my fonts on my 4 meg Mega STe). Do I have to set a bit on the
- >programs I want to make use of Fast RAM? How do I do that?
- >
-
- Some of the old system diagnostic programs don't recognize TT RAM. Your best
- bet is to check the General Setup CPX, and hit the Status button.
-
- There is a bit, like the fastload bit, that must be set for programs to load
- and use TT RAM. PRGFLAGS from Atari works. There's also a CPX that lets you
- change them, although I find that it doesn't always let you change the bits
- on some programs (for whatever weird reason).
-
- >2) Screen trouble(?). My TT Medium res screen is supposed to be 640X400
- >16 colors, right? Well... mine's 640X480! Don't ask me how! No
- >graphics board; the VME slot is empty. I have about an inch of extra
- >space at the bottom of my screen. I'm not complaining..., except that the
- >desktop is shifted/squished a bit to the left of the white illuminated
- >area, making things look *slightly* skinnier. (BTW that's NOT the source
- >of the extra room at the bottom of the screen; there are actually MORE
- >pixels! The 640X480 only happens in TT Medium, but the shift is there in
- >all resolutions.) Will a graphics board help this? Are there any halfway
- >decent VME graphics boards that are less than Crazy Dots?
-
- TT med res is 640x480. :^) Nothing's wrong. :^)
-
- What monitor are you using? On my NEC 3D the screen is squished too. I
- understand that this only happens with some monitors; I had thought it was
- only on the 3D.
-
- The AlberTT board will give you 1024x768 with 16 colors. I think it's around
- $600. Not as expensive as a Crazy Dots, and not as colorful either. You might
- want to save your pennies for a Crazy Dots though. I hear they're worth
- every cent.
-
-
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- ||| Ed Krimen
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