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- From: ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: More TT030 help...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep07.102416.24050@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 10:24:16 GMT
- References: <TT030> <help...@help...UUCP> <H.jMKlAl4NqCU@fredrik.atari.no>
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- In article <H.jMKlAl4NqCU@fredrik.atari.no> jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no writes:
- >In <1992Sep4.042609.12758@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...
- >>
- >>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?
- >
- >Calamus can not use TT-ram.
-
- Oh yes it can! If you change the header Calamus will complain at startup (it
- believes it's been infected by a virus) but will work fine from then on.
- (The copy I have is a seconds hand copy of version 1.09(UK))).
-
- >BUT, things like AHDI (harddiskdriver),
- >CACHExxx.PRG, FOLDERxxx.PRG and other applications in the AUTO folder
- >can be loaded to TT-RAM, giving you more free ST ram. Also accessories
- >may be loaded into TT-RAM.
-
- Putting CACHExxx.PRG in TT ram can slow it down, especially for ACSI drives.
-
- >To get a program (or ACC) to load into TT-RAM you either use one off the
- >many utilities specially made for this, or you use a fileeditor
-
- Best not set the fastload bit for ACCs, it can cause problems.
-
- >The first
- >aproach is the easiest. There is a CPX module around (FILEINFO.CPX I think
- >it's caled), and there is a ACC around (SETFLAG.ACC). The second approach
- >is a litle more complicated:
- >It is byte no. 26 (counting first byte as 1) that holds the program flags.
- >Note that most file-editors count the first byte as 0.
- >Bit 0 is the fastload flag
- >Bit 1 is the 'malloc' flag (malloc from ST (unset) or TT (set) ram.)
- >Bit 2 is the 'load' flag (Load program to ------------ " ------------)
- >
- >You have to try out the different combinations to decide wheter a program can
- >use the TT-ram. Surprisingly many programs does run well in TT-ram (but not
- >Calmus).
-
- Oh yes it does, see earlier.
-
- >Newer profesional programs (like Calamus SL, Cranach etc.) use both kind of
- >ram. I've seen Cranach report over 256Mb (Yeah 256MEGABYTE) free on a TT!!!
- >
- >>2) Screen trouble(?). My TT Medium res screen is supposed to be 640X400
- >>16 colors, right?
- >No wrong, it is actually 640x480 16 colors!
- >
- >>Dan Aylward
- >>dud@u.washington.edu
- >>
- >
- >--
- > _______________________________________________________
- > / Joern F. Moe / All above is my own personal opinion! \
- >/ Oslo, Norway / Any lack of opinion above is also mine! \
- >-----------------------------------------------------------
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-
- Steve
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