Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!unix1.tcd.ie!kpjeacle From: kpjeacle@unix1.tcd.ie (Karl Jeacle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: MONTHLY POSTING: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers V1.2 (April 1991) Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 14:18:03 GMT References: <8990@chorus.fr> <1682@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Sender: news@cs.tcd.ie Organization: Trinity College, Dublin Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: unix1 In <1682@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: >Here's how I would describe the various type of memory. >NoFastMem = A program that optimizes things on an Amiga with a combination >of Chip RAM, AutoConfig RAM, and Slow-Fast RAM. It rearranges a system list >such that when a program tries to allocate memory (and does not specify that >it needs Chip RAM or Fast RAM), the memory will be allocated from Expansion >RAM in preference to Slow-Fast RAM. It keeps things running faster longer. NoFastMem??? You mean FastMemFirst. NoFastMem makes the Amiga think it has absolutely no Fast memory available. >Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com -- --//------------------------------------------------------------------------- \X/ Fido: Karl.Jeacle @ 2:253/151 kpjeacle@vax1.tcd.ie