Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!edomdo!manfred From: manfred@edomdo.UUCP (Manfred Dolag) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A500, ROM, 1.3, 2.0 Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 10:57:28 GMT References: <1991Jun27.222315.86974@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> Organization: Edotronik GmbH Lines: 19 In article <1991Jun27.222315.86974@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes: > 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 ? You don't need any adaptor. When ROMs are available, just plug 'em in. The A500 is engineered with 512K ROMS in mind. > Bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au OR bull@monu1.cc.monash.oz > Alias: Gareth Bull, The Opal Dragon > DOD# 251 '84 VF 750 Closet Ducatisti > Disclaimer: "It's a cruel world when you can't afford a Ducati." -- - - - - Manfred Dolag, Edotronik GmbH (ECG018), Tel. +49 89 404093, FAX +49 89 402293 Path: ...!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!edomdo!manfred