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Re: Looking for a 4Meg Ram card



>When I've got more than 4 Megs in my GS ( rom 01 ), then it's not DMA
>compatible anymore, but if I have a RAMFast rev D with then it is.

>Does this mean that >4Megs is a lot slower the 4Megs with a RAMFast Rev c?

I think if the RAMFast is asked to load stuff to above the first 4.25/5.125
(ROM 1/3), it doesn't use DMA, but it continues to use DMA to the lower
4 MB of expansion RAM. Unless you're really filling up memory and go beyond
4MB, everything should be the same.

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  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu