trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jon) (08/26/85)
Well, I just happen to share an apartment with Mr. Lavitsky, one of the lucky guys to get a developer's machine. He's been too occupied with the machine to log in and respond, but here goes. > > In *what* RAM is the OS in ? I remember having read in a previous > article there would be *extra* RAM for the OS. Or is the OS placed > in the few 256K one has ? > It is said the RAM containing the OS is write protected, The Amiga's OS is not finalized. Right now, the Amiga requires a 'Kickstart' disk which loads the OS into a seperate RAM section that is non-volatile, and does not reset when rebooting takes place. It is seperate from the standard 256K RAM that is normally accessible to the user. According to Eric (and then again, maybe not), this will later be replaced by 192K of ROM. This is mainly due to the fact that the earlier versions of the OS are a little buggy. When Eric logs in to read this, I'm sure he'll be able to clear up any misconceptions I have. Speaking of the Amiga, I am extremely jealous of Eric. The Amiga is a great machine, and from what I've seen, I am very impressed. I have seen excellent graphics. The sound chip really nsteals the show for me, though. It is able to reproduce a wide variety of sounds, including a baseball stadium organ. Unfortunately, most of the software Eric has is all prerelease, and didn't come with much documentation, so I couldn't give a full review of the machine yet. I'll let Eric do that. -- Jonathan D. Trudel arpa:trudel@ru-blue.arpa uucp:{seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!topaz!trudel Bill: He's hip, he's hot, and he's hairy.