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- -- QUESTION & ANSWER --
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- Steve Holmes 71105
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- I was reading about the DOS wedge,
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- and was wondering, instead of loading
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- the program every time you turn on
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- your computer, could you program your
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- computer to have the wedge ready for
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- use every time you turn it on?
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- >No. There is a very good reason that
- >you can't 'program your computer' to
- >do this. The DOS WEDGE is stored in
- >what is called RAM (short for Random
- >Access Memory). When you turn your
- >computer off, all of the contents of
- >RAM is erased. In other words, there
- >goes the WEDGE!! Another type of
- >memory is ROM (short for Read Only
- >Memory). As the name implies, you
- >can only read (PEEK) these locations.
- >Because of this, it is impossible to
- >store the DOS WEDGE (or any other
- >program) in ROM. Therefore it is
- >impossible to 'program your computer'
- >to have the WEDGE in place whenever
- >you 'power up'.
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- GRADY 33542
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- How much can I expand the ram memory
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- on C-64 and VIC-20? I have heard that
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- the VIC-20 can only use 32K and never
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- heard what the maximum K is for the
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- C-64.
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- >There are currently memory boards out
- >in the market which can expand your
- >VIC or C-64 by 256K. This memory is
- >in ADDITION to memory already in the
- >computer.
- > EX. C-64 + board = 64 + 256 = 320K
- > VIC + board = 20 + 256 = 276K
- >The limits of expansion are theoreti-
- >cally limitless, but who needs more
- >than 320K for a home computer?
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- >NOTE: If you have any questions, feel
- free to send them to LOADSTAR.
- If we can't answer them, then
- maybe another subscriber will.
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