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From: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Why no enhancer for the 500 right away.
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Date: 2 May 90 21:35:36 GMT
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In article <1748@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>S36666WB@ETSUACAD.BITNET (Brian Wright) writes:
>
>correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the extra 512K expansion board
>on a 500 is not considered chip mem but fast mem. Even with the 1 meg
>Agnus chip you would only have 512K of actual chip ram and 512K of fast ram.
>John Sparks  | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY)

Wrong... The 512k expansion in the 500 resides on the chip bus.  The
operating system just adds it to the fast memory list b/c previous
Agni (what is the plural of agnus anyway?) could only talk to 512k.

The only reason 2.0 won't be immediately available for the 500 is 
MARKETING.... Those fools.

-Vince