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From: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How does bridgeboard affect memory
Message-ID: <17745@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 17 Jan 91 18:54:06 GMT
References: <11152@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <758@cbmger.UUCP> <759@cbmger.UUCP> <17742@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <17742@cbmvax.commodore.com> drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale) writes:
>In article <759@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>>In article <758@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>>>In article <11152@darkstar.ucsc.edu> terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) writes:
>>>>
>>>>    I have heard references made about the amount of memory space that the
>>>>bridgeboard uses from the Amiga's pool. I have an A2286 bridgeboard & was
>>>>wondering what the limits on memory expansion are due to the presence of
>>>>that board. Thanks.
>>>
>>>When I remember correctly, it takes 256 KB from the address space.
>>
>>I looked up the output of FindConfigDev() and it told me 512 KB.
>>
>>
>>In another posting Scott Drysdale wrote:
>>
>>> the bilgeboard takes up 2 meg of autoconfig space (2088 and 2286).
>>
>>Sorry, my program tells only 512 KB for both.
>
>argh.  what was i thinking?

aha!  i was thinking of the addresses that the bridgeboard can reside at.  the
bridgeboard can only live on 2 meg address boundaries.

>
>>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>
> --Scotty
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