Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!mephisto!psuvax1!psuvm!uh2 From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga OS 2.0 on an A500 Message-ID: <90123.183812UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 3 May 90 22:38:11 GMT References: <17840@snow-white.udel.EDU> <26386391-1cbd.1comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.UUCP> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 23 In article , scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) says: > >OK, if AmigaDOS 2.0 does NOT require more than 1MB of chip ram (ie: it >will work with 512KB), is there a technical reason why v2.0 can't run on >an A1000? The only one I can think of is that the minimum amount of the >kernel that must be in kickstart exceeds the 256KB KS memory, since not >enough of the libraries could be put on disk. Since I have 2MB of fast ram >and a hard disk, is there anyway I can load v2.0? My GUESS, based on four years of reading this newsgroup, is that a sizable subset of 2.0 will appear for the A1000 eventually, even if it is done on the sly by clever A1000 owners and not officially supported. Even if Commodore decides to do it officially, it will be the last thing they do, so probably wouldn't happen til late 90. The biggest obstacle to this happening, I think, is that the people with the necessary expertise have by now mostly sold off their A1000's. There are still A1000 users with the necessary skills, I am sure, but so few of them that one with necessary spare time, too, is sadly unlikely. lee