Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!cbmvax!schein From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: EA upgrade policy (was Re: Sprites (Mindwalker)) Message-ID: <2550@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 14:39:28 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2550 Posted: Tue Oct 20 14:39:28 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Oct-87 03:04:37 EDT References: <506@esunix.UUCP> <998@utflis.UUCP> <2479@cbmvax.UUCP> <1011@utflis.UUCP> Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 37 Keywords: EA, update policy, nofast In article <1011@utflis.UUCP> wayne@flis.toronto.edu.UUCP (Wayne Young) writes: >In article <2479@cbmvax.UUCP> schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) writes: >>In article <998@utflis.UUCP> wayne@flis.toronto.edu.UUCP (Wayne Young) writes: >>> >>>On a related matter, I tried to use NOFAST to get my A2000 to boot these >>>programs, and it didn't work. I think it might be because my extra-ram >>>is at $C00000, and the author of NOFAST _did_ say that he wasn't sure if >>>it would work there. >>> >>>wayne >> >> Have you tried "NoFastMem"? This program is supplied with the 500 & 2000, >> and does work with memory at $C00000. >> >> Dan Schein uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein > >Yes, I tried NoFastMem, but I don't think it survives a warm-boot. > > Wayne Young {utzoo,decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!utcsri!utflis!wayne No - NoFastMem does not survive warm boots, if you must boot from these disks, then copy NoFastMem onto the disk. *** DO THIS WITH A BACKUP COPY *** Also make sure the disk has the run command on it. Then just edit the startup-sequence to "run NoFastMem" as the 1st thing. This has worked for many programs I use. -- Dan Schein uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein Commodore Business Machines or: {allegra|burdvax}!cbmvax!schein 1200 Wilson Drive Bix: dschein Plink: cbmtelecom West Chester PA 19380 phone: (215) 431-9100 ext. 9542 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ All spelling mistakes are a result of my efforts to avoid education :-) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Those who worked the hardest are the last to surrender -- Gary Ward