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Article #3387Re: Why no enhancer for the 500 right away.
From: Vincent H. Lee
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 21:35
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 21:35
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In article <1748@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >S36666WB@ETSUACAD.BITNET (Brian Wright) writes: > >correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the extra 512K expansion board >on a 500 is not considered chip mem but fast mem. Even with the 1 meg >Agnus chip you would only have 512K of actual chip ram and 512K of fast ram. >John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) Wrong... The 512k expansion in the 500 resides on the chip bus. The operating system just adds it to the fast memory list b/c previous Agni (what is the plural of agnus anyway?) could only talk to 512k. The only reason 2.0 won't be immediately available for the 500 is MARKETING.... Those fools. -Vince
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!tornado.Berkeley.EDU!vincelee From: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Why no enhancer for the 500 right away. Message-ID: <1990May2.213536.18050@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 2 May 90 21:35:36 GMT References: <news@UMN-CS.CS.UMN.EDU> <9004260523.AA15404@jade.berkeley.edu> <1748@corpane.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Reply-To: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee) Organization: ucb Lines: 16