Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!dxb132 From: DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: An open letter to C= Message-ID: <91070.123408DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 11 Mar 91 17:34:08 GMT References: <13275@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1991Mar11.042149.17599@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <91070.000848DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Mar11.061707.3428@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Penn State University Lines: 16 In article <1991Mar11.061707.3428@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) says: >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: >> > 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 > Perhaps this was done so as to give people a reason to >buy the 2000 instead of the 500. I don't know. Perhaps it just gives people a reason to hate Commodore marketing even more (like we didn't already!) -- Dan Babcock