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From: jwhitman@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Jerry Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Fatter Agnus questions!!!
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Date: 23 Jun 89 21:42:16 GMT
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I have read the myriad of postings concerning various aspects of the
'Fatter' Agnus chip.  As a result I now have a few questions of my own,
so here goes.

Either because of, or in spite of, the many postings about the revised
chip I am very unclear what features she provides that were not available
in the predecessor and what those features really mean in terms of how
Amy functions.  Gathering from some of the comments I have seen I am not the
only one wandering & wondering.  I need help understanding the following;

1.  What features are new/revised.  If possible a cryptic description would 
    be of help.
2.  How do these features affect existing applications?
3.  Are there existing applications that are looking for and ready to capitalize
    on those changes?
4.  Why would I (Joe Typical User) want to upgrade my 2000HD with the new chip?
5.  Does the new chip lay ground for up-coming functionality in Amiga-DOS 1.4?

As you can tell by the above, almost anything you can tell me would be an
improvement over what I already have.

Thanks for the input;  Jerry