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INOVAtronics announces GigaMem, Virtual Memory for your Amiga November 1, 1992 — If you keep running out of computer memory but don't want to pay the high price of RAM chips, then INOVAtronics has a solution: GigaMem a new software utility that increases the effective RAM capacity of your Amiga by treating unused hard disk space as if it were normal system RAM. Without making you spend hundreds of dollars on memory upgrades, GigaMem can give you additional usable RAM equal to the free space on your hard drive — up to 1 Gigabyte, in fact. GigaMem is the first commercial Virtual Memory (VM) utility ever made available for the Amiga. Already widely used on Mac and PC/Windows platforms, VM utilities direct the operating system to treat free hard drive space as RAM, once all other RAM is being used. GigaMem works with on any Amiga computer using the Motorolla 68020 or 68030 processor with Memory Management Unit (MMU) and Kickstart version 2.04 or later. This includes all Amiga 2500 and 3000 systems, and all Amiga systems with MMU-equipped 68020 or 68030 accelerators. A special version of GigaMem for Amigas using the 68040 CPU (including the Amiga 4000) will be available in December 1992. GigaMem is fully accessible at all times and is completely transparent to system software and all programs loaded subsequently. Written in 100% assembly langugage for efficiency, GigaMem uses special disk caching and intelligent paging routines to speed access to disk-based virtual RAM. GigaMem is also easy to install and includes customization tools to suit your needs and the specifics of your system. Priced at $149.95, GigaMem is now shipping. GigaMem is published by bsc broautomation AG of Munich, Germany. To learn more, contact Inovatronics, 8499 Greenville Ave. #209B, Dallas, TX 75231; Tel. 214-340-4991; FAX 214-340-8514. Inovatronics products are distributed internationally by: American Software Distributors, Urbana, Ill., USA Micro-Pace Distributors, Champaign, Ill., USA Vertical, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, USA DataCorp, Inc., Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec, CANADA Micro D, Weston, Ontario, CANADA North American Software, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA Megatronics, Los Angeles Pactronics, New Zealand Desktop Utilities, Manuka, AUSTRALIA Resources available to press: evaluation copies, screen capture