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Article #28090Re: TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION
From: neil
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1987 19:51
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1987 19:51
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In article <2091@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes:
> From the posted rumors about the new ROMs:
>
>>2. The ST puts the screen near the end of accessible RAM. Sloppy
>> programs that have been writing past the end of the screen will give bus
>> errors if they do so on the 4 meg ST.
>
> - this sounds very strange: Is any access above the current video RAM now
> a no-no? then how can one have multiple screens in RAM, writing to one
> while displaying another? Or does this simply mean that writing beyond
> 4 Megs gives a Bus Error - then that's nothing new: same for the old STs!
Just that writing beyond 4 megs causes the problem. Nothing new, except
that very few ST's have 4 megs.
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