Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!asd From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: DMA, Octoram Message-ID: <5600@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 24 Sep 90 17:26:46 GMT References: <9009241622.AA09569@apple.com> Organization: Purdue University Lines: 20 Cc: In <9009241622.AA09569@apple.com> MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: >>Um, how many megs does the OctoRAM run??? >Eight. (Octo... Octopus... eight legs, eight megs :) >6 or 8 meg cards aren't DMA compatible. Well, one shouldn't make generalizations. I know the OctoRAM isn't, and that a bunch of others cards out there aren't ither, but are you sure that all 6-8 meg cards aren't DMA? Aren't AE's DMA compatible? At least the latest versions should be I would think. >I think the first four megs are, correct me if I'm wrong (I'm SURE somene >will! :). Correct, just set your RAMdisk to be the size of whatever you have over 4 meg, at least on the OctoRAM, other cards should work the same way too. -k