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If we talk about RAM and RAM exp1n1lons one or the other of the following
questions will
arise:
How can Golden Gate use the Aml11a
RAM?
Golden Gate can reserve parts of the Amtaa RAM for Itself and use them for
both types of PC/AT memory: base and extended memory.
How can Golden Gate address its own
RAM ?
.... very much faster.
The reason for this is that the 80386SX/80486SLC can address Golden
Gate's own RAM without wait states and that this is controlled completely
by the Golden Gate high performance RAM controller. Compared to that
the Amiga RAM is relatively slow (for the 80386SX/80486SLC).
If Golden Gate is operated with its own faster RAM, a visible improvement
in its performance can be observed.
Golden Gate's own RAM on delivery consists of 512KB and 4 SIMM sockets
for 256KB, I MB or even 4MB SIMM memory modules.
Golden Gate's 486SLC own RAM on delivery consists of 2MB and 2 SIMM
sockets for 1MB or even 4MB SIMM memory modules.
Wfticft are tfte differences between Amiga
RAM
and Golden Gate's own
RAM ?
Apart from the better performance Golden Gate shows with its own RAM,
Golden Gate does not make any further distinctions between its own RAM
and Amiga RAM.
How mucft
RAM is
required?
The more, the better ....
If a RAM upgrade should be planned, it is better to upgrade Golden Gate
with RAM than the Amiga.
In order to operate Golden Gate, no more than an Amiga with 1MB of total
RAM is required. Since there is no Amiga 2000 or Amiga 3000 equipped
with less than 1MB of RAM no more than a standard Amiga is required
(that Is to say without any additional RAM).
With this configuration Golden Gate will provide full 640KB of base
memory. If more RAM is required because a particular Amiga program
needs more memory or more extended memory shall be provided for MS­
DOS, there are two ways to upgrade the RAM of the complete system
(Amiga & Golden Gate): either the Amiga is upgraded with more RAM (on
the motherboard or with the help of an autoconfiguring Zorro slot RAM
expansion), or Golden Gate is upgraded with SIMM memory modules.
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