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Title: Relocate roms to fast ram?
Post by: vic20owner on August 13, 2007, 04:11:23 PM

Anyone know how to skick my rom into fast ram? I've read it makes access faster, but I haven't been able to successfully push mine into fast ram without an error  (yellow, red or blue startup screen).  Tried using FAST, 32BIT, and EXT with no luck.  

I am using a microbotics XA1230 board with 64mb of ram. I've tried just about everything and the only way I can make it boot is if I skick the rom image into chip ram (which probably makes it even slower).

Title: Re: Relocate roms to fast ram?
Post by: SamuraiCrow on August 13, 2007, 06:12:19 PM

If you have the original Kickstart images you might be able to use BlizKick to copy them into fast RAM.  Probably not though, since it supports Phase 5 and Apollo cards mainly.

Title: Re: Relocate roms to fast ram?
Post by: adolescent on August 13, 2007, 06:14:09 PM

The 1230XA should have native maprom functionality.  Did the accelerator come with a utility to do this?  (Or, it may be part of the setxa program...)

Title: Re: Relocate roms to fast ram?
Post by: Piru on August 13, 2007, 06:53:53 PM

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BlizKick to copy them into fast RAM. Probably not though, since it supports Phase 5 and Apollo cards mainly.

BlizKick does not support Apollo cards.

Title: Re: Relocate roms to fast ram?
Post by: rkauer on August 13, 2007, 07:05:11 PM

 Microbotics's MBX1230xa have the "autoxa" utility to relocate the ROM in FastRAM. Simply toss the icon in the wbstartup drawer.

 Or create a very early line in the startup-sequence.

 If you go in trouble with the program, it signifies you had set the memory too fast in "setxa" (the program who save the board settings in the board's eeprom).

 Example: if you have a 16Mb SIMM, 70ns, do not try to set it to 60ns!