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From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500, ROM, 1.3, 2.0
Summary: will 2.0 roms need a socket adaptor?
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.222315.86974@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 27 Jun 91 12:23:15 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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        A thought occoured to me yesterday (yes miracles do happen :)
about the 2.0 roms and the A500.

        I'm under the *impression* that the 1.2/1.3 rom in the A500 is 256
Kbytes, that 2.0 will need a 512 Kbyte rom, that a standard 512 Kbyte rom
is not pin compatible with a 256 Kbyte rom, and that if a 2.0 rom is released
of the A500 it may need an adaptor unit to plug into the rom socket on the
motherboard. What am I getting at ?

        The rom socket in the A500 is less than 1 inch from the 68000
socket. An adaptor unit will raise the hight of the rom, which might cause
clearance problems for people with accelerator or ram boards fitted to the
68000 socket.

        I'm not a hardware expert. All of the above is personal speculation
and all of the above could be completely false.


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