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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FastMemFirst (was Re: 2090 HDdisk.device)
Summary: A Rose by any other name is still a Rose ...
Message-ID: <9byqU098tt1010/XP8I@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 20 Jul 88 17:51:58 GMT
References: <8806280524.AA12822@jade.berkeley.edu> <2320@antique.UUCP> <624@stcns3.stc.oz>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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In article <624@stcns3.stc.oz>, mikb@stcns3.stc.oz (Mike Benson) writes:
> In article <124@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes:
> >In article <268@jackson.UUCP>, egranthm@jackson.UUCP (Ewan Grantham) writes:
> >> I have seen this suggestion to turn on FastMemFirst in two places today,
> >> but can't find such a utility anywhere on my 1.2 disks. 
> >
> >FastMemFirst is in the System drawer on the _A2000/A500_ version
> >of the 1.2 Workbench disk.  It is not on the 1.2 Disk supplied
> >with the Enhancer package.
> 
> Pardon?  I just looked at my Workbench disk (C= P/N 380724-07) that came with
> my (very early - 512K motherboard) A2000.  The only tool that refers to
> fastmem is "NoFastMem".  Anyone possessed of wisdom on this issue care to
> comment?

FastMemFirst was originally named SlowMemLast.  Try looking for that instead.

I suppose it was a Marketing decision to change the name, and thus cause the
ensuing confusion.  Probably the same person/committee/etc. that was
responsible for the Left-Amiga to Chicken-head fiasco ...

/kim

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