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From: khl@ivax.doc.ic.ac.uk.doc.ic.ac.uk (Kang Ho Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Help with buffers, Amax, etc...
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Date: 3 Jul 90 12:16:55 GMT
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Hi,
   Just got myself an A590 with 2Mb installed. Here are some "problems" that I
encountered and hope someone out there can help.

1) A few months ago, there were some discussions on the harddisk controller
   not clearing memory location 0. Well, I found that a few of the PD programs
   ( eg VirusX4.0, IconMaster ) will crash. Since I haven't got a compiler or
   assembler ( at the moment ), the only thing that I can do is to do a POKEL
   in AmigaBasic. Does anyone out there has a summary of the consequences of
   doing a POKEL 0, 0? Also is there a better way of doing this?

2) I thought with almost 3Mb, I can run Multifinder under Amax happily.
   Applications and Finder seemed to run fine except it wouldn't let me open
   any DA. If I use all the memory, I will just get a beep every time a select
   a DA. If I choose No $C000000, it wouldn't even beep! The whole thing is
   fine when I just use Finder. By the way, I am using System6.0.2 and
   Finder6.1.

3) What's the difference between buffers that I allocate when running the
   HDToolBox and the ones allocated by AddBuffers? Which type do DiskPerf and
   DiskSpeed refer to in thier reports?

4) I will be ordering Lattice C in a few weeks time. Is the latest version
   5.05? Does anyone has a rough idea when a new major revision ( 6.0? ) is
   going to come out?

5) Now that I have a harddisk, I would very much like to use it on the Mac
   side. Can anyone tell me is the A590 supported by AmaxII.

Thanks in advance. Please email or post ( whatever is more convenient ).

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