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From: jgreco@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: COMODORE
Message-ID: <367@uwm.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 89 14:59:32 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <8104@cbmvax.UUCP>, joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara - QA) wrote:
]In article <89100219291040@masnet.uucp> iain.bennett@canremote.uucp
] (IAIN BENNETT) writes:
]> 
]>About that person who was complaining about Commodoore softwrae
]> 
]>The answer is, if software developers made software, games I'm really
]>hitting at, that worked with a 1764, 1581 and other hardware, people
]>might have to go out and buy these pieces of hardware for the game to
]>work.  Also, your computer does not have 640k.  That 512k is only for
]>use as a disk drive.  I have a 1764, and I wish there was more
]>productivity software for it, but the games would have a big problem. 
]>The REUs are only for use as a diskdrive.  
]
]The RAM Expanders can be used in other ways besides a disk drive. The processor
]cannot access the area directly, so programs can't execute from this space.
]However, application software can use the REU as a swap space for executables
]or as extended space for data (word processing documents, telecom buffers).

I would have to agree.  As a matter of fact, it is rather frustrating that I
am unable to use it for both at once....  (and I cannot run RAMDOS 4.3,
since it's vector installation wipes out some other vectors I need).

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