Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rg20+ From: rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 32-bit LUCAS memory board Message-ID:Date: 28 Nov 88 22:15:36 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 34 >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. >If you autoconfig it, this problem should never occur, and if you need to >disable the memory, you can just boot-up with KS1.1 Actually, most of the programs that won't allow a modification of startup-sequence or startup from workbench are games (which I for one would not want to have 32bit memory for, after all most of the arcade games are fast enough without an accelerator...). Also, Booting with 1.1 is not the best of solutions (as many programs require 1.2, and there were a lot of things added from 1.1 to 1.2) and is usually a pain (ie how many of you have used 1.1 in the last 6 monthes? how many of you keep 1.1 in some backup box of disks collecting dust?) Also, consider that if someone revises the board for 2000/500 then they would be unable to boot with 1.1. Also it sounded as if auto-config would add complexity (and thus $$$) to the board. I can't think of any programs offhand that won't let you modify the startup sequence, but I can think of a couple that will die because of autoconfigured fastmem. As for chip configuration, 256Kx4 are more expensive, but getting 32 1Mx1 is also very expensive ($1280 at $40/chip [last price I've seen for 1Mx1]). Granted that you get 4 Megs, but I don't really think that I would actually make use of 4MB, and I don't have $1000 to spend on memory for the MINIMUM configuration, with 256Kx4 you get 1 MB for c. $300. I think that 1MB of 32 bit ram, should hold me for quite some time (especially since I've got 2MB of 16bit FastRam). +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: Me? Post That, impossible I never post anything... | | TypetoYouLater(Everyone); --> "functional Good bye".... | | Rick Golembiewski [ Pronunciation is half the Battle, spelling the other] | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+