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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CAN I USE the originial AMIGA for something?
Keywords: amiga1000,upgrade
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Date: 10 Jul 90 17:36:40 GMT
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In article <24111@estelle.udel.EDU> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>I use the VT100 program (which is shareware).  If you have any way of
>getting software to your A1000 besides floppy, you can get lots of good
>software via FTP or EMail, most of which is free.  If not, you might
>want to ask Marco whether his ATermIII will run under the amount of
>memory you have; I hear many people sing praises of this program.

The name is A-Talk III, Darren :-)  Anyway, A-Talk III will run in a 512K
A1000, though you won't be able to multitask with much else.  1Meg is
recommended and there are still LOTS of companies that will sell you
memory expansions (take the insider for example). Moreover, with things like
the Rejuvenator you'll be able to run the A1000 with the new 2.0 ROMS and new
Agnus and Denise.

BTW, I still have my original 1985-vintage Amiga A1000 with 512K, which I
still use for testing.

-- Marco
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