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Offline barneyTopic starter

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Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« on: April 02, 2012, 01:30:12 AM »
Does adding 2 mb to the 2091 only allow this memory to be reserved as Buffer use or can it also be used by the system for other tasks such as games, etc.

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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 02:28:44 AM »
I'm pretty sure it will add to overall system RAM.
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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 03:23:32 AM »
definitely works as system ram
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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 03:32:30 AM »
Thanks a lot for your replies.  Helpful information

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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 06:13:47 PM »
woahhhhhh

does this  mean all my life while i have had the gvp 8 mb card in my 2000 with a populated 2091 that i could have been using the 2091 ram and never known it?

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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 08:21:33 PM »
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woahhhhhh

does this  mean all my life while i have had the gvp 8 mb card in my 2000 with a populated 2091 that i could have been using the 2091 ram and never known it?

holy macaroni!


actually no, because of 8Mb limit of Zorro 2..
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Re: Commodore 2091 SCSI controller Question
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2012, 02:02:46 AM »
orange and desantii are correct!
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