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From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 512K FastRam 3000
Message-ID: <14111@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 30 Aug 90 19:56:33 GMT
References: <1990Aug28.192905.13813@nmt.edu>
Reply-To: ken@cbmvax (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Aug28.192905.13813@nmt.edu> dksnsr@nmt.edu (Dr. Mosh) writes:
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>My friend recently bought an A3000 and upon setting it up and doing an
>avail, it showed the maximum FAST ram to be 512K!...

A large number of people are having this same problem.  PLEASE do not
return the machine, it is not broken.  Until the OS goes into ROM,
it is loaded from disk into RAM.  Since the OS takes up 512K, you
will be short 512K until 2.0 is finally put into ROM.

All developers should note this fact if you purchase an A3000.
(We have had at least 2 such machines returned as broken.)

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