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From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: OS 2.0x for Amiga500
Message-ID: <942@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 24 Feb 91 19:54:54 GMT
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Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <1749@pdxgate.UUCP> bartonr@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (RTFM) writes:
>In article <1991Feb21.235213.28387@isis.cs.du.edu> echadez@isis.cs.du.edu (Edward Vincent Chadez) writes:
>> Can anyone give me and the rest of the Amiga500 community the official word on
>> whether or not OS 2.0x will be available for the Amiga 500 personal computer?
>
>  No, unfortunately I don't think Irving Gould has yet commented on this.

Gah.  This question gets asked over and over again.  Maybe we need a daily
frequently asked questions list.

Here is the straight stuff:  2.0 will work in the A500, and does not require
the new chip set (although you need the new chips for some of the new display
modes, natch).

2.0 has not been officially released.  It is still in beta-test.  The only
way to get it (at this writing) is to buy a A3000.  And then, you are
really playing beta-tester for CBM if you boot up in 2.0 mode.

Sooner or later, CBM will release ROM upgrade kits, so that you can take your
A500 down to the shop, and bring it home with the release version of 2.0x.
-- 
Dave Schaumann      | Is this question undecidable?
dave@cs.arizona.edu |