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From: msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Agnus
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Date: 11 Nov 89 15:09:46 GMT
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In article <17639@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> JOSEPH@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>
> I didn't mean that the AVAIL command will not work on 'standard A500' ( the
> A500 which comes with 512K). My point is that you cannot find out whether the
> new Agnes is there or not just by typing AVAIL, when all you got is 512K of
> RAM. Now even if you add the expansion module to the A500, the AVAIL will
> not show 1M chip RAM. You have to reset some internal switch to make use 
> of extra chip RAM.
> 
> * You cannot tell the presence of new Agnes in A500 without opening the 
>   unit, unless the documentation says so. *
> Tomi

  I have seen a PD program on several BBS' that is supposed to check for the
presence of the ECS chips.  I looked at the source code and it apperently 
looks at a register to determine which chip you have.  If it hasn't hit a BBS
near you, let me know and I will send it to Bob Page for inclusion in the C.B.A
newsgroup.

             Marc Siskin
             PD Librarian Michigan Amiga Computer Resource Organization
                          (MACRO)