RAM

Jim Barton jmb at patton.sgi.com
Thu Jul 13 11:26:18 AEST 1989


In article <8907111747.aa25894 at SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, frobinso at cirm.northrop.com (Fletcher Robinson) writes:
> Does anyone know if CPU main memory(RAM) in a 4D70GT is dual-ported ?
> i.e. is it accessible from the VMEBUS ?

The answer is yes and no.  Only the lower 8 megabytes of CPU memory are
addressable from the VMEBus.  For a description, see the 'system' file
in /usr/sysgen.

Better yet, buy a Power Series upgrade, and address everything in the 
world.

-- Jim Barton
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems    "UNIX: Live Free Or Die!"
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