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From: m0154@tnc.UUCP (GUY GARNETT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Updating an Amiga 1000
Message-ID: <725@tnc.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 91 14:24:00 GMT
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I don't know anything about the Phoenix motherboard replacement,
except that it is made by an austrailian company (*NOT* MAST, although
they may know who does make it).  The Rejuvenator and the DVS Wonder
both REPLACE* the KickStart Daughter Board in the A1000.  They also
plug into and replace the custom chipset.

The Rejuvenator is an available, shipping product.  It will give you
1Mb of CHIP RAM, just like an Amiga 2000.  I believe it will also
allow you to use the new Enhanced Chip Set (and therefore, all of the
neat new video modes under AmigaDOS v2).  There are sockets on board
for the Kickstart ROM's, compatible with the standard Commodore ROMs. 
The Rejuvenator will allow you to use v1.3 or the new v2 ROMs
(whenever the v2 ROMs become available).  The Rejuvenator also has one
nifty feature: it contains a partial Video Slot (designed so that you
can add a FlickerFixer to your Amiga 1000).  I have seen this board
installed in a stock A1000; it does work.  Installation requires some
patience, and a bit of knowledge of the innards of a 1000.  Installing
it is not for the faint-hearted, nor is it for someone who has never
had their machine open before.

The DVS Wonder may or may not be real.  I talked to the designer about
it (before the board was produced).  The design had some interesting
features, I don't know if it was ever produced.  The DVS Wonder is
less expensive than the Rejuvenator (mainly because it doesn't have
the video slot, and it uses a less-expensive interconnection scheme). 
The DVS product also had sockets for up to four sets of ROMs, and a
selector program, so you could choose which set to boot from (making
it easy to switch between v1.3 and v2, for example).

Disclaimer: The above is from my memory, and only seems to make sense.
I also vaguely remember that one or both of the above boards could
handle a second meg of chip memory, if the ECS chips were installed.

Wildstar

PS: My recommendation is the Rejuvenator; I don't believe that the DVS
is available, and I don't know enough about the Phoenix board.  Will
someone please post information about this product?