MaPa Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hi, is there some short BASIC program (so I can type it on real computer) to find out how much memory the computer (800XL) has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 poking the bank no? into $4000 and checking that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Doesn't the XL machines have a memory test ?? Won't that show the final results of the test including total memory ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8maestro Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Doesn't the XL machines have a memory test ?? Won't that show the final results of the test including total memory ?? Xls only test most of lower 64K and rom. They do not know anything about expanded memory. Rick D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Hi, is there some short BASIC program (so I can type it on real computer) to find out how much memory the computer (800XL) has? I don't know of a BASIC ram check program that will do exactly what you are asking for. I can electronically send you a fairly short BASIC ram tester that you may be able to modify to do what you want to do. Of course, that means you need to understand how it works and be able to make your modifications. But it would be much easier (for you) to send you a good ram checker (ML) as an ATR image that will automatically detect your available ram. Do you have SIO2PC or APE? -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsupilami Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 If you need to test your RAM, try "XRAM 0.21.0 (eXtended RAM test 0.21.0)" here: http://satantronic.atari.sk/?str=xe_utils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 I bought untested ATARI without cables on auction. Later I bought two other ataris with one pack of cables, so I finally get to test the first one too, and after a while I noticed the first one I baught has some switches on the JOY side, one fro SRAm ON/OFF and other for switching RAMBO/COMPY. As I don't have SIO2PC cable or some other way how to get some soft to the real hw (not yet, of course I'm planing to get SIO2PC for myself) I just wanted to test it via typed in BASIC program. But I think I have to wait till I'll make the cable. Nevermind, probably 512kB added RAM as I opened the cover and tried to identify the added chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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