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From: dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A500 and 1Meg Chip
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.171115.21696@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 17:11:15 GMT
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In article <1991Apr12.080637.2344@tvnews.tv.tek.com> mikeb@tvnews.tv.tek.com (Mike Boyce) writes:
>
>  I am trying to figure out how to get 1meg of chipmem on an amiga 500
>  /w a fatter agnus. I called the local amiga repair center and they said 
>  that I should cut traces on the motherboard to allow the A501 memory
>  expansion to be added as chipmemory. Is there any other way? Is there 
>  room on the motherboard for more memory? If I must cut traces which ones
>  (or where do I find the info)? 
>
>  Also has anyone noticed that area fills into a non-rectangular polygon
>  is slower on the A500 than on the A1000? I have been playing "Ghengis 
>  Khan" and "Romance of the three kingdoms" (both by KOEI) seem 
>  to run much slower on my A500/A501 than my brothers A1000/insiderII. 
>  Why? Can I get mine to run faster?

  Yes, you can get them to run faster. The easiest and fastest way
is to buy a 50mhz accelerator board. 

  I think that the A1000 runs faster because it is reading Kickstart
calls from ram instead of rom. It makes sense to me...

>
>  Thanks in advance
>  Mike Boyce
>  mikeb@maid.tv.tek.com


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    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
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