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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: An open letter to C=
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Date: 11 Mar 91 06:17:07 GMT
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In article <91070.000848DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>In article <1991Mar11.042149.17599@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) says:
>
>>from a Commodore employee or, barring that, from your dealer. The
>>new Agnus is NOT being placed in A500s. The answer is to get a 2000.
>
>All the newer 500s I've seen (within the last year? don't remember) have
>the newer Agnus. Of course, it has nothing to do with getting a 2000.
>I'm afraid that if the 500 can't accept the new (gee, we should stop calling
>it 'new' eh?) Agnus, then the 2000 can't either, because the 2000 design is
>based on the 500.  :-)
>
>-- Dan Babcock

	As I understand it, it is Commodore's policy not to allow
1MB of chip ram in an A500. It is a marketing decision. Although
the A500 comes with the new agnus, that is only because it would
cost them more to produce another version of the Agnus. The
machine itself has not had the proper modifications to make use
of the extra chip ram capability. If you have that done by your
dealer, your warranty is gone.
	Perhaps this was done so as to give people a reason to
buy the 2000 instead of the 500. I don't know.
	-- Ethan


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