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JakeRich · 09-16-04, 08:11 PM

Memory types:

ROM, BIS, Program, Main, CF Card, SD Card

ROM is Read Only Memory (hence ROM) and is where the operating system is stored. You can't use that for anything, it's all taken.

BIS is Built In Storage, and is the "leftover" of the ROM after the operating system was burned in by Dell. Dell provided a way to get to it so it can be used for storage, but it is slower than main memory or card memory. In the 300 mhz machines, there is about 5 Meg of BIS, in the 400 Mhz machines it's about 21 Meg.

Program and Main Storage are all in the 64Meg of SDRAM, with the boundary being automatically moved between them as needed (no, you can't set it permanently, the operating system controls the boundary). Program is where the programs run. To run, they get copied from wherever they are stored to Program Storage and then execute.

Main Storage is where you can store files of any type, install software, etc. It's roughly equivalent to the hard drive in your PC. Programs stored there are copied to Program Storage to run.

CF and SD Card is memory you can add. Most, but not all, programs can be installed on these cards, although most of them have at least some component that is required to be in Main Storage. You can also store files, such as your pictures, there. Programs installed on these cards are also copied to the Program Storage to run.

So, I'm not familiar with it but if your game will fit in Program Storage, it should run.

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JakeRich Aximsite Hall of Fame Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,878 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Memory types: ROM, BIS, Program, Main, CF Card, SD Card ROM is Read Only Memory (hence ROM) and is where the operating system is stored. You can't use that for anything, it's all taken. BIS is Built In Storage, and is the "leftover" of the ROM after the operating system was burned in by Dell. Dell provided a way to get to it so it can be used for storage, but it is slower than main memory or card memory. In the 300 mhz machines, there is about 5 Meg of BIS, in the 400 Mhz machines it's about 21 Meg. Program and Main Storage are all in the 64Meg of SDRAM, with the boundary being automatically moved between them as needed (no, you can't set it permanently, the operating system controls the boundary). Program is where the programs run. To run, they get copied from wherever they are stored to Program Storage and then execute. Main Storage is where you can store files of any type, install software, etc. It's roughly equivalent to the hard drive in your PC. Programs stored there are copied to Program Storage to run. CF and SD Card is memory you can add. Most, but not all, programs can be installed on these cards, although most of them have at least some component that is required to be in Main Storage. You can also store files, such as your pictures, there. Programs installed on these cards are also copied to the Program Storage to run. So, I'm not familiar with it but if your game will fit in Program Storage, it should run.