Re: GSOS patch?

[ranster@aol.com (Ranster)]

>My ROM01 system has a GS-RAM (1.5MB) and a RAMFactor (1MB).
>The RAMFactor is not utilized by System 601 as it should be.

Says who?

>The total memory recognized by System 601 is 1792k, but only
>less than 1000k is available as free memory for applications.
>The installer does not provide for installing to RamFactor without
>loading GSOS to aux.memory. If that were possible, all the 1792k would
>be available for free memory and applications.
>Any patch for System 601 to utilize RamFactor?
 
You cannot use slinky memory as expansion memory in a IIgs, end of story.
The hardware on the card only allows access to one byte at a time, so code
cannot execute in the card's memory. It's only for data storage. So use
your RAMFactor as a RAM disk, like I use my Apple slinky card in mine.