Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!samsung!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT memory question Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 20:54:28 GMT References: <1991May21.183534.22211@ecst.csuchico.edu> Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: comp Organization: Totally Nonexistent Lines: 23 X-Version: MMAIL (Ver. 0.92 Rev. Feb 25 1991) X-Software: GUS (Ver. 0.92 Rev. Feb 26 1991) In <1991May21.183534.22211@ecst.csuchico.edu>, Ed Krimen writes: >Basically, how is the RAM in the TT configured? > >From reading reports in STart (R.I.P.:^) and Atari Explorer, I get the >impression that both ST- and TT-RAM are banks of DIPs (correct term?), >with the TT-RAM requiring a daughterboard. Moreover, Atari does not >sell this daughterboard separately. So the only way to get TT-RAM is >if the machine is shipped with at least 2megs of TT-RAM from the factory, >and then, I suppose, more TT-RAM can be plugged in later. This is wrong. The daughterboards for Video and Fastram are sold seperately, at least in Canada. The boards contain a memory controller which is necessary for the TT to access the extra ram. -- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca MIND over MIDI Productions or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders Vancouver,B.C