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IanM@intex.dungeon.com (Ian McCarthy) writes:


>In article <9507091451.AA001ae@agog.demon.co.uk> Gwynne Reddick <gred@agog.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> There is a problem using a Squirrel interface with the Microbotics
>> board - the squirrel will lock up the machine if you use AutoXA to
>> configure the ram. This is a major piss-off, since it then chucks the
>> system into chip ram, instead of fast.

How about trying the RomTagMem program (I think it is on Aminet somewhere). 
I never did use AutoXA while I had my A1200-system.  RomTagMem was better in
some ways.

>Does anyone now the exact details of this problem ??
>Does it only occur when the MB1230XA has more than 4 megs in it ?

The PCMCIA port takes up the last 4-megs of address space, so unless the
M1230XA was smart, you might be screwed.  In other words, 4 megs for RAM
expansion, 4 megs for PCMCIA, then more room.  I could be wrong here.

>At the moment I have a MB1230XA 50Mhz 030+882 with a 16Mb Simm, I also
>have a Zappo CD drive in the PCMCIA slot. I was going to upgrade (this
>week) to the squirrel + quad speed CD ROM + Tape streamer.

>Is anyone out there using the MB1230XA with >4Mb and the squirrel ?
>If so can you use AutoXA, or are you stuck using SetXA ?

>What if I was to upgrade to OS3.1 ? This apparently lets the ram
>autoconfig, without the need for SetXA or AutoXA, but I think this
>may lock out the PCMCIA slot with >4Mb.

>Can anyone help ? Or am I stuck with my Zappo and no SCSI ??
>And as another thought, what about the POWER Computing SCSI interface ??

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