Chip RAM-What is diff?
08-Jan-95 04:27:11
Sb: #181101-Chip RAM-What is diff?
Fm: John Gager 71336,624
To: Rick Figley 73537,420
Rick: Basically, Chip ram is that what can be accessed by the Amiga's
custom chips (Agnus, Lisa, Paula, etc.) and the processor. Fast RAM can
only be accessed by the processor, but it can do so while the custom chips
are hacking away at the chip memory displaying pictures, playing sounds,
etc. That's why you can play a nice MOD music file while downloading
without so much as a glitch in the music. Both Chip and Fast ram are using
dynamic memory.
// John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840)
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