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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga Hardware Questions
Message-ID: <22699@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 26 Jun 91 14:06:17 GMT
References: <30310@know.pws.bull.com> <1991Jun25.190346.18644@forwiss.uni-passau.de>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun25.190346.18644@forwiss.uni-passau.de> burkert1@platon.fmi.uni-passau.de (Klaus Burkert) writes:
>In article <30310@know.pws.bull.com> UK02728@ukpr.uky.edu writes:
[stuff deleted]
>>4) What are the differences between the A3000 and the A2000? and can the
>>   2000 be upgraded to be completely compatibility to the 3000?  if so,
>>   how?
>
>The A3000 comes with 32-Bit RAM (Chp and Fast), 68030 & MathCo, HD and VDE.
>The (stock) A2000 comes with 16-Bit RAM , 68000 and without HD or VDE.
>But the A2000 can be upgraded to the A3000, with one exception:
> The A3000 has 32-Bit-access to Chip-RAM, the A2000 always 16-Bit.

Also, the A3000 has Zorro-III bus which is a 32-bit bus design that can have
more memory and *MUCH* higher speeds.  It also has a 32-bit DMA harddrive
controller that can DMA into all memory, including the memory above the
16-meg line (the old Zorro-II limitation due to 24-bit addressing)

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