Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!jdickson From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: 2.0 for non-3000's Message-ID: <1991Jun20.223220.19325@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 20 Jun 91 22:32:20 GMT References: <22380@cbmvax.commodore.com> <7893@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> <1991Jun20.180619.2049@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 27 In article <1991Jun20.180619.2049@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco) writes: >In article doconnor@srg.UUCP (Dennis O'Connor x4982 room 6-230N) writes: >>When the ROM-ready version of 2.0 comes out, I'll get the floppy disk for >>my 3000 and just install the new version. I'll have to buy the ROM for >>my 500, probably more expensive, definately more work. > >I'm kind of curious -- what are the wins and losses (other than the 1/2 >Meg of RAM) of simply continuing to load the Kickstart from disk? I'd >expect a speed increase, of course. Perhaps this is one of the >reasons software breaks on the A3000? >-- >Todd L. Masco - CMU Physics | "Free speech is the right to shout >cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu | 'theatre' in a crowded fire." The speed difference between ROM and FAST RAM is not great enough to justify having to load kickstart each time the blasted thing crashes, This of course, depends on how you use your Amiga. The way I use it - it's a royal pain in the ass! I only have 3 megabytes of memory on my A2000. I could add relatively inexpensively another 6 megs to my A2058, but I don't need to. Three megs is enough. The idea of a 1/2 megabyte of RAM being eaten up, doesn't tickle me silly and I strongly doubt would it owners of Amigas with less memory. IMHO, there are no wins, just losses. -jeff