Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.programmer:4803 comp.sys.amiga.misc:4821 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu!cactus From: cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: 2.0 for non-3000's Message-ID: <1991Jun21.165031.5887@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> Date: 21 Jun 91 16:50:31 GMT References: <1991Jun20.180619.2049@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> <1991Jun20.223220.19325@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 30 In article <1991Jun20.223220.19325@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes: > The speed difference between ROM and FAST RAM is not great enough >to justify having to load kickstart each time the blasted thing crashes, At what speed are the ROMs accessed? I'd expect them to be 7MHz, which would show a clear loss against my 25MHz SCRAM. Also, I don't have to reload kickstart at any time other than when the system powers up. > 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. Hm. I've got an A3000 with 6 Megs, and there are times when I'd like to be able to jump from version 1.3 to version 2.0. Am I correct in thinking that this is more difficult with the ROM? (Currently, I hold down the mouse buttons while the system starts out, and select the OS version). I still wonder what, if any, wins I'd see with getting the ROM. The memory consumptions isn't a problem (it would be if it were chip -- 2 Megs chip is sometimes limiting -- I like many multiple screens). Note the followup header... -- Todd L. Masco - CMU Physics | "Free speech is the right to shout cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu | 'theatre' in a crowded fire."