Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!ucbvax!UOTTAWA.BITNET!451061 From: 451061@UOTTAWA.BITNET (Valentin Pepelea) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Obese Agnus in 1000 Message-ID: <8908030337.AA22754@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: 3 Aug 89 03:12:40 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 46 writes in Message-ID: >> For $600 why would I buy this instead of an A500 with warrenty, dealer >> support, etc. Doesn't make sense. > >I can't imagine what you are complaining about. After adding the cost >of the board, 1.3 ROM, Fat Agnus chip, 1 MB memory (using 1 MB DRAM's >if I remember correctly), Obviously not. Using 1 MB DRAMs would force you to put at least 2 Megs in. >and the clock chip (did I leave anything >out?) I would say that $600 is a reasonable price for everything. For $600 I can buy the A500 with 1 Meg Chips ram in it, sell my A1000 and use the money to add yet another 1 Meg fast ram (at least). >I do hope the board is available with nothing on it as well, so that we >can pick and choose the features we want to populate it with (if that >is possible). I would hope that too, in order to save some money though. > * Some of us still love our A1000's and don't want to > surrender them to obsolescence just yet, or buy a second > Amiga to get the new features of the ECS. Unfortunately, this hack does not provide for the ECS, only the Agnus with an overweight problem. What I would really like is a board which lets me take advantage of the new graphic mode of the ECS. Simply addressing 1 Meg chip ram instead of 512K is not much of an improuvement. > Is that enough reasons for you? Hah! > Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. Valentin _________________________________________________________________________ The godess of democracy? "The Name: Valentin Pepelea tyrants may destroy a statue, Phonet: (613) 231-7476 but they cannot kill a god." Bitnet: 451061@Uottawa.bitnet Usenet: Use cunyvm.cuny.edu gate - Confucius Planet: 451061@acadvm1.UOttawa.CA