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Re: Chip ram
« on: October 31, 2010, 01:54:32 AM »
Quote from: Retrofan;588263
Hi:
Just a newbie question:
Why it's impossible or so difficult to increase the chip ram in an A1200?


If you mean free up Chip RAM, having loads of fast RAM and being scrupulous about what apps you use and how you use them will leave you with hopefully lots.

If you mean actually increase the amount of physical memory, forget it.  You can't.  The AGA (and ECS) chipsets max out at 2mb, period.

Implementations have been worked out in WinUAE to allow more; IIRC the MiniMig AGA allows more chip RAM, too.

But on an actual 1200, you're stuck there.  It's a physical hardware limitation.
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