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From: amichel@neabbs.UUCP (MICHEL LANGEREIS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Agnus for older B2000s
Message-ID: <180196@neabbs.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 13:52:07 GMT
Organization: NEABBS multi-line BBS +31-20-717666 (13x), Amsterdam, Holland
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In message <179686@econ.vu.nl> niesemc@econ.vu.nl (Marco Niese) writes:
 
>Sorry to bother the net for this, but...
>could a reliable source at Commodore (best would be Dave Haynie) give a final
>statement here on the net about the New 1MB Agnus working in older (pre-rev.6)
>B2000s?
 
   Although I'm not Dave I'll respond anyway, I did the upgrade (rev 4.3 B2000)
   myself and no problems occured after this. We've tested on the following
   configurations: B2000 rev 4.3 > rev 6, AT/XT bridge boards, GVP equipment,
   A2620 and several other expansion boards and there was NOT A SINGLE
   problem to overcome. Everything works OK, as long as you cut the right
   trace(s) (1 extra for PAL Amiga's).
 
>At Commodore - The Netherlands, they told a friend it couldn't be done.
 
   He probaly called the info-line, thats not the right place to ask since
   its meant for simple problems like printers etc. Besides that they can't
   tell you to hack up your equipment which can do some real damage if you
   do it the wrong way. I wonder who you're going to blame when you messed up.
 
   As far as I know the new (SUPER/OBESE/FAT*2) agnus will be only availble
   as a spare part through your dealer, if he sells it as an upgrade you're
   lucky but C= is not offering the thing as upgrade right now.
 
> [ ... ]
 
   Writing to one of the Amiga magazines will not help you, write (or call)
   to the task-force Amiga manager and tell him your problem (this is for
   all you Dutch guys out there) concerning support and I'm sure he will
   help you out or at least give you a straight answer. There's a whole
   Amiga task-force team sitting there right now to *solve* all problems.
 
   I know I'll get flamed for this by some brothers, send e-mail.
 
-michel
 
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