MagicMem application and FastRam requirements for OS 3.9

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Anyone have any experience with using the MagicMem application for anything other than a DKB1202 fast ram board? I understand how it works but I am wondering if it will work with any other boards.

I am buying an Apollo 1230 Turbo Lite (LC) accelerator that has a max of 8 megs ram. Sadly over 4 megs it conflicts with the PCMCIA slot. So, if I have it fitted with an 8 meg simm, can MagicMem automatically lower the available ram down to 5.5 megs for PCMCIA usage like it can with the DKB1202?

Anyone ever tried MagicMem with a different ram board or accel?


Also, I have been thinking of installing OS 3.9 and according to the official requirements it requires minimum 6 megs fast ram. Is this correct? Will it not work with 4 megs, or 5.5? From the previous question you can see where I am going with this.

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I have used Magicmenu under 3.9 with a Falcon 1240 accelerator in the past with no issues.

Yes, with 4 MB fastmem you will be able to run 3.9, but dont pretend to use workbench with lots of colors and fancy backdrops, because that will eat you too much of your precious ram. Experiment a bit to get the best quality/performance ratio.

And remember to configure the workbench prefs tool to use other mem.

Good luck!

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Thanks for the confirmation that 3.9 will work with just 4 megs fastram.


But my first question was about the tool MagicMEM not Magicmenu.

From this link:
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=987

Using the MagicMem Program

The "MagicMem" program operates automatically, and does not require any input from the user. If there is a 1-meg SIMM installed in te DKB 1202 card (and the jumper settings correctly reflect this configuration), the program will add this memory to the computer. If there are two 4-meg SIMMs installed (and the jumpers are set for 4 megabytes), the program will check the existence of a PCMCIA card. If none are present, the entire 4megabytes of memory will be added in its normal address space. If such a card is present, however, 1.5 megabytes out of the second 4 megabytes will be added at the $C00000 address space for a total of 5.5 megabytes, the maximum amount of expansion RAM that can be added when a PCMCIA card is in use.

For advanced users, there are two ToolType options which may be set by selecting the "MagicMem" program icon, and selecting the "Information" menu item from the "Icons" menu of the Workbench screen. The NO4MEG ToolType will always add the second bank of memory at the $C00000 address space, so that you can never have more than 5.5 megabytes of expansion RAM. The NOC00000 ToolType will never add the second bank of memory at the $C00000 address. If you use both ToolTypes, the second bank of memory will never be added.