Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utastro!sjk From: sjk@utastro.UUCP (Scot Kleinman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 32-bit LUCAS memory board Summary: ok already, but... Message-ID: <3424@utastro.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 15:32:46 GMT References: <3414@utastro.UUCP> <5349@cbmvax.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 34 In article <5349@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: > in article <3414@utastro.UUCP>, sjk@utastro.UUCP (Scot Kleinman) says: > > Summary: autoconfig or not? > > > >The only problem with not making the memory autoconfig would be when using it > > (or wanting to use it) with disks that need to be booted where you can't > > change the startup-sequence to allow the running of an addmem type program. > > The ONLY kind of programs that create this kind of situation are poorly > programmed video games. In such cases, there's probably not a real good > chance that the program being loaded will work with any of FAST memory, > 32 bit memory, or 68020 CPU. So you're probably better off not doing > the configuration. Okay, I guess this is a valid reponse. I hereby retreat from my original posting. I'm not sure about the ONLY, but the point you make is valid. > > ...and if you need to disable the memory, you can just boot-up with KS1.1, > > thus avoiding the autoconfiguration process. > > There are many programs that won't operate under OS 1.1. 1.1 is not a > supported operating system, and if you ever feel you need to use it, think > again. Either you're not being properly supported by your software > vendor, you're confused, or you're too cheap to pay for an upgrade. > Many of the programs I have that I run under 1.1 are from the public domain. Such support and upgrade is not always available. Confused? Always, but that's irrelevant here. Scot sjk@astro.as.utexas.edu Anything I say may or may not be what I mean. - Warren Peace.