njd@ihlpm.ATT.COM (DiMasi) (01/09/88)
> In article <538@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>, gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (DUZAN) writes: > >> Since I have the MIO, I use the internal BS RAM >> very little and I anxiously await any good new software designed to use it. > > Here here! The 1 Meg MIO is great but makes the extra 64K in the 130XE > almost useless. > > Another use for the extra memory in the 130XE, other than multiprocessing, > would be some type of swapping of a single application. I wish some of the > games, etc. I have could use the extra memory. > I have Super 3D Plotter II (from Elfin Magic Co. a/k/a Randolph Constan[sp?]), which is a great program for 3D graphics on the 8-bits, but has never been updated to even use the "extra" 16K in the XLs, much less the banks in the 130XE. If S3DP2 used the banks, it could probably allow some good features that larger CAD programs have, but had to be left out of this one. (Mr. Constan mentions this as a future possibility at the end of the user manual, but says that he hasn't decided whether to expand S3DP2 for the XL/XE machines, or upgrade the program for the ST machines. In the latter arena, there are already some powerful contenders.) I for one plan to write Mr. Constan and ask for this. Anyone care to join me? I also have the Synfile XE (or whatever the 130XE version is called), and it supposedly uses the "upper" 64K in the 130XE. My wife uses it with our 130XE, but I don't use it much and can't tell what it may be using the memory for (the "in-core" index and maybe other "buffers" I would guess). Now if I can just convince my wife to try using double- density data disks... Lastly, I have OMNIVIEW XL/XE which will use the 64K as a RAMdisk without special DOS support. I haven't taken the time to try it yet, but when I get back into programming instead of just "using," I'll give it a shot. Nick DiMasi Uni'q Digital Technologies (Fox Valley Software subsidiary; ^ working as a contractor at AT&T Bell Labs in Naperville, IL) ( | this is an accent mark, supposed to replace the dot over the 'i')
gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (DUZAN) (01/10/88)
In article <1602@ihlpm.ATT.COM> njd@ihlpm.ATT.COM (DiMasi) writes: >Lastly, I have OMNIVIEW XL/XE which will use the 64K as a RAMdisk >without special DOS support. I haven't taken the time to try it yet, >but when I get back into programming instead of just "using," I'll >give it a shot. > Again, I may be wrong, but modifying the OS of the Atari can interfere with the operation of the MIO. Such changes may involve the internal parallel bus handlers. This fear may be unfounded since I don't know the technical details of the Omniview or the MIO. Anyone know? Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration Atari Enthusiast Extreme