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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Chip RAM and Fast RAM
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Date: 12 Feb 91 01:36:18 GMT
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In article <6509@munnari.oz.au> ianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Ian ROWLANDS) writes:
>In article <8221@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
...
>>This ram can not be accessed as quickly as expansion ram in the side
>>slot, so it's not really fast ram.
>>
>>So what do you call it?
>>
>>How about "half-fast ram?"
>
>	I believe it's known as 'slow-fast ram'.

It's a JOKE!  A JOKE!  FUNNY!  HA, HA!  I KNOW what Commodore
"officially calls it!  You are the ninety-seventh person to tell me
it's "slow-fast".  I KNEW THAT BEFORE!!!!  If you had looked at the
newsgroups: line, you would have seen that it was crossposted to
rec.humor!  AAAAAAGH!

>P.S. I believe there is a monitor for this group - could he make himself known
>     please?

There is.  He's Ferry de Jong (ferry@chorus.fr), and he's one cool
dude.  He also needs to put up the monthly postings, unless he's done
it very recently.

>Ian Rowlands                     | Uni : ianr@ee.mu.oz.au 
           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.