On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 01:24:56AM +0900, Takamichi Suzukawa wrote:
>
> To Maarten:
> > A simple but inaccurate method is this:
> > PRINT (256-INP(&HFF))*16
> CMS returned "2048".
That's like the Sony HB-F700P, which has 256kb RAM.
> To Sean:
> > If you type:
> >
> > OUT (255),4
> >
> > And the machine does NOT crash, it has 64kb. If it did crash, it has more.
> Try:
> >
> > OUT (255),8
> >
> > If that didn't crash the machine, it has 128kb.
> >
> > Another possibility is that the machine doesn't have mappers, in which
> case it
> > has 64kb ram. Try:
> >
> > OUT (255),1
> >
> > If that didn't crash it, it has 64kb unmapped RAM.
> To be honest... all three commands caused CMS to hang up silent.
>
> Leonard told me another method to check MSX memory size. Result suggested
> that CMS seems to have mapped 128KB, but showed a little strange behavior
> while checking.
It might have 256kb RAM -- or 128kb with weird behaviour. What does
OUT (255),16
Do? My guess is that it'll work fine, suggesting 256kb RAM.
Sean
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