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From: trasc@dworkin.UUCP (James Trascapoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A3000 questions and comments
Message-ID: <27@dworkin.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 91 02:55:40 GMT
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rticle <19126@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com
A>(Dave Haynie) writes:

>>SetRamsey was a toy to play around with various Ramsey
>>(A3000 Fast RAM controller) settings, before 2.0 knew how to set it up
>>correctly. You don't need it, and it can get you into trouble if you
>>set things up wrong.
>
>Interesting. I got it off a Fish disk, and although my A3000 has
>static column chips, SetRamsey tells me that static column mode is
>off. Does it still report the current settings correctly?

Same here! I've got 2 megs Chip and 4 more 1Mx4 Static 70ns ZIPs, and
SetRamsey tells me that:

SetRamsey V1.02 by  Nic Wilson

CURRENT SETTINGS
Static Column Mode   - OFF
Burst Mode           - ON
Burst Wrap Mode      - OFF
FAST RAM chip Size   - 1 Meg by 4 bit
Refresh Rate         - 238 clocks

>Anyway, I had tried telling it to turn that mode on, and tried to do
>a list, and got an error about list not being executable! (First
>feeling of impending doom.) So I did the 3-key salute, and got the
>"Insert Workbench Disk" kickstart screen!  (Impending doom feeling
>intensifies!) With a gulp, I cycled the power, and everything was back
>to normal.  (Phew!)

That was being nice - on my system it crashed the machine in something
like 2 operations. It do the guru, bigtime.  And the damnest thing is
that my A3000 is SOLID! It really NEVER crashes (and yes, I USE it -
AmigaVision, DP3, S/A 4D, PageStream. Yes, PAGESTREAM!) I just don't
bother with stuff that causes a crash, and I WANT to get that damn ram
running as fast as possible. Especially with Pagestream. So what's all
the hub-bub.....bub?

>But the question remains, is my A3000 making use of the static column
>mode of my RAM?

Words off MY lips too...

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