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From: monty@sagpd1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Q: AMAZ. COMP. A1000 RAM EXPANSION HACK
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.161808.3744@sagpd1>
Date: 5 Mar 91 16:18:08 GMT
References: <7229.27ca4872@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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In article <7229.27ca4872@cc.curtin.edu.au> Lynch_MJ@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
>I'm considering adding ram to my 1000 the DIY way using the method outlined
>in Amazing Computing (1987). The article tells of problems with Kick-Start
>1.2 trying to configure the RAM in a way that it shouldn't be used. 

>What I want to know is does this problem still exist with KS 1.3???

    To be honest with you I don't remember this problem..but....I have had
    the piggy back ram mod (which I believe is the one you are refering to)
    in my A1000 for better than two years. I also have a kickstart eliminator
    that was based on KS 1.2 ( wish I had the 1.3 update:) )

>Is the extra hardware hack to remove the RAM until the WB disk is validated
>needed with 1.3?

    Could you be refering to Dave Haynies mod to make this ram auto-config??

>Does this form of expansion work with most software and games?

    I can't think of any that it doesn't work with (assuming you have the
    auto config mod installed also) -- this eliminates the addmem call.

>Are there any other problems or solutions to problems?

>Is it possible to build the AddRAM program into the kick start disk or the
>boot-block on WB disks?

    See above.

    Monty Saine

    P.S. I will still provide hardcopy of the above mods to anyone who sends a 
    SASE to me. If you also include a disk I'll give you the related IFF and
    text files I have also.