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From: wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari8
Subject: 256k Upgrade Clarification
Message-ID: <566@tekigm2.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Apr-86 12:18:00 EST
Article-I.D.: tekigm2.566
Posted: Tue Apr  8 12:18:00 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Apr-86 08:44:24 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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Keywords: Compatiability

David Young (CDY) has called me to task for saying that both the Newell
and the RAMBO XL are incompatible with Atari DOS 2.5.  Maybe that is what
it sounded like, but what I meant to say was that Atari DOS 2.5 when it
sets up Ramdisk D8: does not see the full 256k RAM.  Instead DOS 2.5's
D8 Ramdisk sees another "plain jane" 130XE and does not know about the
additional 130k RAM available.  What I would like from anyone is a DOS 2.5
compatible DOS that would see the additional 130k RAM and set up D8
with the additional RAM for a SuperRamDisk.   Atariwriter+ should also
see the additional RAM as expanded banks, or as additional banks.  At
the present time Atariwriter+ sees the banks thru the use of the Option B
command, but AW+ only knows about four 16k banks.  Can AW+ be made to see
four 48k banks or 12 l6k banks?  There are some DOS's out there now that
do some or all of this, but they sacrifice compatibility with DOS 2.5.  I
also like the menu driven format of DOS 2.5, not some of the other "command"
type DOS's.

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