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- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: RamFAST & GS/OS cache
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 02:55:59 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:
-
- >Todd, you suggested that maybe I should consider upgrading my cache to 1mb.
- >But I'm wondering, isn't the cache size fixed?? I mean, isn't there a limit
- >like 24k or something? 1mb will cost about 30 bucks... not cheap, but not too
- >bad... I think I'll look into it.
-
- That 24k thing is the "lookahead" which is unrelated to the total cache size.
- The RamFast rev. D board (the smaller, low power one) can have either 256k or
- 1 meg of cache ram. The original Rev. C board could only take 256k.
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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