On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, jam wrote:
> Hi, Marco Antonio
>
> >> Maybe you mean the NMS 8220?
> >> That machine had only 64K RAM (normal memory mapper), but did still
> >> have 128K VRAM, like every MSX2 I've ever seen...
> MP>
> MP> How can 64kb of RAM be memory mapper? Memory Mapper with only 4 memory
> MP> blocks is a bit unuseful!
>
> Why do you think it's unuseful?
Because the main function of Memory Mapper is to enable access to more
than 64kb of RAM in a single slot.
> For example, it's very useful for accessing the entire RAM using only the
> #8000-#BFFF segment.
My MSX2 has 64kb of standard RAM and to access other pages I used to do
some LDIRs (i.e., I can handle that).
> And DOS2 *needs* the memory to be mapped in order to manage the RAM properly.
And does DOS2 work with 64kb of Memory Mapper?
Greetings from Brazil!
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