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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 512K expansion for A500
Message-ID: <25485@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 25 Mar 88 07:17:15 GMT
References: <919@rmi.UUCP> <26700010@ccvaxa> <5690@swan.ulowell.edu> <5692@swan.ulowell.edu>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Summary: and there *are* other names ... :-)

In article <5692@swan.ulowell.edu>, page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> Some people call it 'slowfast' ram, some call it 'slow' ram.  It's
> linked into the FAST memory list because it isn't CHIP ram.  It's not
> CHIP ram because the custom chips can't see it.

And some people call it HALFFAST :-) !

Actually, I don't mean this to be derogatory.  Not when you can change a
jumper, and have it become CHIP memory (with the right Aggie chip, of
course).  Glad it was implemented this way (thanks, Dave).

/kim



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