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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: How much sound RAM?
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Date: 28 Dec 90 23:50:25 GMT
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brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY) writes:

>Could someone cite a reference as to the true size of DOC RAM in the
>ROM 03 GS?  Isn't there a new hardware reference for the ROM 03?

There is. The correct figure is 64K.

The Amiga requires sound data to be in a dedicated area of memory (chip ram)
which it shares with video and other I/O data. That is why the Amiga is limited
to four high-quality voices and the DOC can do up to 32.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu