Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 2 meg chip ram Amiga 1000's Message-ID: <1425@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 05:53:16 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1425 Posted: Tue Feb 17 05:53:16 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Feb-87 04:01:39 EST References: <2> <1> <2539@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article <2539@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> spencer@eris.BERKELEY.EDU () writes: > >My last message said, "If you have 2 meg of chip memory (like this) and you >had the new graphics chips, and you built a daughter board for them all, >couldn't the new graphics chip work?" I just want to know if it is a not >possible or if we all can ever expect to see Amazing Computing's "How to >Upgrade your 512K Chip Ram Amiga" article. > >Instead I keep getting back mail that says "you can't have 2 meg of chip >ram when you are bringing address lines from the fast ram expansion port." >Well, I know that, but I gather from this article that that _ain't_ what >we are talking about. > >Randy Spencer P.O. Box 4542 Berkeley CA 94704 (415)284-4740 C#(415)283-5469 I don't think anybody it is really impossible for a serious hacker who is willing and able to rip up his hardware to make something work with future hi-res chips. However, it is not likely to be a 3 minute drop-in fix. The real issues are how much you would need to change to use the new chips, and how difficult it would be for your average man-on-the-street amiga owner to make the adaptation and debug it. If I screw up an Amiga it's no big deal, since I have the knowledge and tools to fix it. Not everbody feels this way... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)