Re: Amiga vs (IBM & Mac)

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From: Chris Miles
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 05:45

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Jeff Papiez - Amiga Graphics Dude! (jpapiez@stimpy.eecs.wsu.edu) wrote:

: Hey guys and gals.. I gotta question concerning an Amiga 1200.  I called a
: shop in towne and they couldnt offer me much info.  I currently have a Amiga
: 500 and want/need to buy a new Amiga.  I cant afford the bigger amigas yet,
: with school and all, but want an AGA machine.  

Since someone already answered these questions, I'll just expand on
some of them.

: Anyway, does anyone know first:

: 2. Can I easily upgrade the memory beyond the stock memory?

Yep, there are a few expansion boards which let you add about 1, 2, 4 or
8 megs of FAST.  And of course the PCMCIA slot.

: 4. I am doing alot of programming now and I just got SAS/C 6.5 in the mail.
: It takes a long time for things to compile on my A500.  Will the 68020 on the
: A1200 speed things up alot, as far as compilation time?

I was compiling with DICE on my A500, and when I switched to the A1200
compiling speed was a lot faster.  It was faster still when I added the
FAST ram.

: 6. Can I get a Math coprocessor for the A1200?

Yep, many expansion boards come with FPU's for not much extra. [ie.
Microbotics 1200zx]

Chris.

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