Re: [hatari-devel] TOS memory check and initial wait are disabled if 14MB ST-RAM are selected in Falcon mode on Hatari 2.6.1

[Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 09/09/2025 à 20:48, Frank Danapfel a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I just noticed that when booting a Falcon with TOS 4.0.4 on the current development version of Hatari 2.6.1 the initial memory check and wait after a cold-boot are automatically disabled if 14MB ST-RAM are selected.
>
> When selecting 4MB instead (keeping all other settings in Hatari the same) and doing a cold-boot the initial memory check and wait happens like on the real hardware (on real HW the initial memory check and wait also happens if a 14MB memory card is intalled in the Falcon).
>
> Is this intentional?

Hi

I think this is on purpose because 14 MB is not a real memory 
configuration that you can get on a plain Falcon (without any kind of 
additionnal board).

To detect/use this non standard amount of RAM, tos must be patched (by 
hatari) and this also speeds up the boot process.

Nicolas