ins760z@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr c.r. hames) (05/15/91)
In my A3000UX 8/1meg system I was told the fast ram chips are SCRAMS (a quick look NEC D424402V-80), now when I use setramsey it says static col mode off and burst mode on (apparently this kick 36.207 doesn't turn everything that is spose to be on). The problem is when I turn the static column mode on I get increased perfermance but can't use my harddrive(the quantum 210s that came with it) as it just gives errors. Could some kind person EMAIL me what's wrong? Thanks, Chris Hames the person to blame for DirWork,VMK,FSDirs etc ins760z@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au
6600dmx@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Richard A. Boyd) (05/16/91)
I don't what the current word is, but I have been told not to use SetRamsey. Maybe Dave Haynie can shed some light on this.
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (05/24/91)
In article <13072@monu1.cc.monash.oz> ins760z@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr c.r. hames) writes: >In my A3000UX 8/1meg system I was told the fast ram chips are SCRAMS >(a quick look NEC D424402V-80), now when I use setramsey it says static col mode >off and burst mode on (apparently this kick 36.207 doesn't turn everything that >is spose to be on). The problem is when I turn the static column mode on >I get increased perfermance but can't use my harddrive(the quantum 210s that >came with it) as it just gives errors. SetRamsey is (in unison now) WRONG. What it calls "static column" is really "page mode". The current Ramsey/DMAC doesn't handle page mode properly, and the OS never turns on that bit. SetRamsey is TRUELY ancient, and predates the release of the A3000 to the public. The OS knows how to recognize SCRAM and use them. Trust it. -- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion. "No matter where you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai