Re: Real Speed of GS RAM slot?

[gdr@myrias.ab.ca (Devin Reade)]

In article <Cy0ur5.H8E@actrix.gen.nz> dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
>In article <384sba$nh6@cleese.apana.org.au> Jonathan Pratt <ntt@cleese.apana.org.au> wrote:

>> The RAM and ROM addressing is quite different, and you could decode
>> the ROMDISK area of memory (since there haven't been any ROMDISKs for
>> the GS) and get control in banks F0 to FB (768k - enough room for a
>> video screen ;^) 

>No ROMDisks?  I know of at least two.  An early RAM card for the IIgs
>had space for some on-card ROM.  I can't recall the brand.  There is
>also a piggy-back static RAM card for the OctoRAM, called the OctoRAM
>ESP, which acts like a ROMdisk.  I have one of these.

There is also the AE RAMKeeper, on which I have /tmp mounted.  I never
thought much of the manufacturer's idea of using it as a boot disk.

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