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- From: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Message-ID: <H.dKKAgDnyXzY@fredrik.atari.no>
- Organization: Atari Corp. Scand. AB (Norway)
- Subject: Re: More TT030 help...
- References: <TT030> <help...@help...UUCP> <H.jMKlAl4NqCU@fredrik.atari.no>
- <1992Sep07.102416.24050@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 19:45:56 MET
- Lines: 42
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- In <1992Sep07.102416.24050@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, Mr Stephen R Usher writes:
- >>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))).
- >
- I didn't specify it, but yes, it seems to run in TT-Ram. But, and it is a big
- BUT, most dialogs that need keyboard input will not be accessable and/or make
- Calamus crash. I've sometimes loaded Calmus to TT-ram on a 6 MB TT to be able
- to print on the Atari lasers (SLMxxx), but it is virtually impossible to do
- real woork in Calamus when loaded into TT-ram!
-
- >>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.
-
- This I didn't know, but I don't have any ACSI harddisks.
-
-
- >Best not set the fastload bit for ACCs, it can cause problems.
-
- I've heard that only the last lodaed ACC can't (or shouldn't) have the fastload
- bit set?
-
- >>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.
-
- Oh, no it don't, see not so early:-)
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- / Joern F. Moe / All above is my own personal opinion! \
- / Oslo, Norway / Any lack of opinion above is also mine! \
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