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From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Col. Ames and Pixel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Future of 500 (was help on installing 1meg agnus)
Message-ID: <1990Oct22.213836.26854@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 22 Oct 90 21:38:36 GMT
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   Ok CBM (or other knowledgable people) riddle me this:

   If one can run 2.0 in a non-MMU setup with the penalty of loosing 512K of 
 RAM. Why not put out a version like that instead of a ROM version for 500's?
 The ROM sockets for a 2000 and a 500 are not that much different, and there 
 are ALOT of 2000's out there that do not have a Fat Agnus in them.

  I know we are not privy to CBM interals but I have a feeling that the 
decision to release 2.0 for the 500 might be a MARKETING one rather than a 
TECHNICAL one. I REALLLY hope this is not the case. 
 
  The 500 is not UNEXPANDABLE.. You could hook up a SCSI controller to the side
with RAM expansion. I could hook up the same 1.2Gig 3.5" HD and put the same 
SIMMS that a 2000 would. Accelerators are nice but would be "hacks". They might
work but they still require HW modification.

  If you want to flame take it to EMAIL and if anyone wants to assure me that
2.0 will be out for the 500 I would appreciate it as well.

 
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