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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 2 Meg Chip ram on 2000
Message-ID: <11411@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 7 May 90 19:48:53 GMT
References: <3569.26446b2a@wums.wustl.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3569.26446b2a@wums.wustl.edu> fineberg@wums.wustl.edu writes:
> Hello everyone,
>   In catching up with this exciting couple of weeks postings, I've come up
> with a question which I think hasn't been asked yet.  ECS supports up to 2
> Meg of chip ram.  Will I be able to say, piggy back ram on my 2000 to allow
> my 2000 to have 2 Meg Chip Ram when I upgrade to ECS?  Just exploring every
> opportunity...

The A2000 answer is "not without a considerable amount of hacking" - The Agnus
2M-byte pinout lends itself towards 16 1Mx1 DRAM or 4 1Mx4 chips.  Making it
work with smaller DRAM is a pain.

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