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Article #2066Re: --- 16/32k Action! cart. ---
From: ravi
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1986 06:29
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1986 06:29
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>From: nep.pgelhausen@ames-vmsb.ARPA
>
>not be true. According to the documentation, if used in conjunction
>with the DOS-XL (the advancement from OS/A+, also by OSS), there is
>the possibility that you can access 4 of the 8k that the Action!
>cart seems to occupy, reducing the total occupancy to a minimum
>of 4k! (NOTE: I havn't TRIED this, just reporting the possibility...)
>
>Does anyone know if DOS-XL is really required to do this trick?
>
> -Richard Hartman
> max.hartman@ames-vmsb
This is one of the nice thigs about using DOS-XL (2.3 or later) with OSS's
Supercartridges (like the ACTION! and MAC/65 carts; these are the cartridges
with bank selects etc.). The DOS actually comes in two forms, and you're
supposed to install one depending on the setup; one for supercarts without
XL machines (ie. the 400/800s) and the other for XL machines, on which
the DOS moves part of itself into the RAM hidden behind the OS, freeing up
some space. So, using a supercart with DOS-XL on an XL machine one could
probably be able to hide the cartridge under 4K only.
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-ravi
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mcnc.mcnc.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!akgua!mcnc!ravi From: ravi@mcnc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: --- 16/32k Action! cart. --- Message-ID: <1087@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 01:29:42 EST Article-I.D.: mcnc.1087 Posted: Tue Jan 14 01:29:42 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 02:47:24 EST References: <8601110127.AA06457@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: ravi@mcnc.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan) Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC Lines: 27