Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:3890 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:3846 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!XGR39 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: So, how close is WB2.0 to a burn-in date? Message-ID: <1991May23.151856.10439@news.iastate.edu> From: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 15:18:56 GMT Reply-To: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) References: <1991May20.170355.19033@coplex.uucp> <1991May22.145109.2627@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1991May22.161900.26502@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May22.191722.20379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>,<1991May23.102546.19130@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Lines: 33 In article <1991May23.102546.19130@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, rda136k@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Simon Cocking) writes: >jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes: > >>Do Amiga500's and Amiga2000's have an extra ROM socket to hold 2.0 in? >>If not I'm sure we will soon see ROM extender hacks to allow people >>to put 512k 2.0ROMS in those machine. > >>Hopefully this will happen for A1000s too, since I own one :-) > >This is something I've been wondering about too for a while... the A500 has >no extra ROM socket, and the existing socket should be too small (ie, not >enough pins) to accomodate a 512k ROM. How does C= intend for this to >be done? The A500 and A2000 use exactly the same ROM socket, with enough address lines for a 512K ROM. Thus, the KS 2.0 upgrade will be a drop-in upgrade for the A500 just as it is for the A2000. The two systems are exactly the same in this regard. > >-- > /// ^^^^^ > __ /// (o o) Didn't 25 years of Doctor > \\\/// Simon Cocking, ^ Who teach you not to trust > \XX/ rda136k@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au `-' names like Intel & Zilog? ------------------------------------------------------------- / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / / ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / ------------------------------------------------------------ \ ISU : The Home of the Goon / \ Who wants to Blow Up the Moon / -------------------------------------------------------