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Re: Self Test 800XL

From Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject Re: Self Test 800XL
Date 2014-07-24 18:00 -0400
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On 07/21/2014 04:34 PM, pcuser45@yahoo.com wrote:
> Memory is tested in Self Test, the memory shows 48 boxes, it means
> 48K. All XL machines have 64K but where is other 16K in Self Test ?
>
It just isn't tested. Hardly any Atari software used that RAM other than 
the Translator Disk. It was used by third party software such as 
Spartados and Turbobasic XL. In most 130XE machines the self test only 
tested 48K, but I've heard that some later ones tested the extra 64K.

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Self Test 800XL pcuser45@yahoo.com - 2014-07-21 13:34 -0700
  Re: Self Test 800XL Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-24 18:00 -0400
    Re: Self Test 800XL "The Doctor" <doctor@localhost.localdomain> - 2014-08-01 04:39 -0400

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