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Robin Hood (bx@dl.ac.uk) said:
>astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett) wrote:
>>
>> Robin Hood (bx@dl.ac.uk) said:
>> >I was wondering if the SX32 designer can release a mem. expension
>> >ONLY card for CD32.
>>
>> >It seems the main benifit of SX32 is the Fast mem expension.  I
>> >believe most CD32ers mainly use CD32 for playing games,
>> >demos, mods, viewing graphics.  this is the real value of
>> >the great CD32.  So extra Fast ram is essential and enough.
>>
>> But then how could you put in a hard drive?  ;)

>If CD32 is mainly used as play-back,  HD is not very necessary since
>You have CD-ROM. as far as I am concerned, The most annoying thing
>of CD32 is its shortage of RAM.  a lot of demos, games, large size
>modules, graphics can not be run just because of not enough RAM.

The most annoying thing about the CD32 is that it's a full computer just
bursting to be used..!

>A bare simm expension board should be a simple, very budget upgrade.
>for most CD32ers

I've put some thought into this, and I still can't agree.  If you had the
option of spending 100 quid for a RAM expansion, or 200 quid for a full 1200,
which would you go for?  I know what *I* went for.. ;)

Remember, also, the RAM is going to cost at least 50 quid for any decent
amount.  I paid the equiv. of 90 pounds for my 8Mb SIMM, so why not go the
whole hog?  You'd soon find a >2Mb CD32 a complete pain without a floppy/HD to
save to.

When I took my 2000 to be checked over a few days ago, I managed to get along
with my CD32 - I had Thor installed, and used Aweb to surf the net for about
three days until I could retrieve the 2000.  Point being, it worked quite well
(if a lot slower than the 040...).


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