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From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Would like information about "Insider" memory expansion.
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Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 10:58:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 24 10:58:30 1987
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grwalter@orchid.UUCP (Fred Walter) wrote in article <7104@orchid.UUCP>:
>if having dip switches means that the board doesn't
>autoconfig, then both he and i don't know what is meant by autoconfig.

If you have an INSIDER and an PAL (for example), the PAL already has
1MB starting at "ranger" memory, 0xC00000.  The Amiga sees it on boot,
as Eric has described.  You HAVE to play with DIP switches to get the
INSIDER someplace else.

The INSIDER does NOT NOT NOT autoconfig.  To do autoconfig, you have
to initially have the board on 0xE80000, and have a PAL that will latch
at a different address - wherever the _Amiga_ tells it to locate to.
The INSIDER does not do this ... the Amiga has _no_control_ over
where the board gets placed.

Note I am not saying the INSIDER is a bad product in any way.
I am simply saying it does NOT autoconfig, and the statement in the
ad that says the board supports the autoconfig spec is a lie.

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.   page@ulowell.{uucp,edu,csnet}