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From: consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga OS 2.0 on an A500
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Date: 3 May 90 22:08:06 GMT
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In article <1757@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
|>Unless the 2.0 operating system works with only 512K CHIP RAM, (in
which case,
|>my original paragraph above is wrong, so ignore it :-), CBM will have to
|>start shipping 500's with 1 meg in order to give 500 owners 2.0. Not too
|>likely unless mem prices fall some more. I remember reading that there is
|>some room on the motherboard for an additional 512K though.

I stopped in by my local dealer about a wek before the A3000 was
officially released, and even way back then he was able to inform me
that the A500 will start shipping in a new box with 1 Mb chip sometime
RSN.  (He gave me a ballpark figure, but I'll be darned if I can remember it!)

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