Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdahl!kim From: kim@amdahl.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Early A2000's ... will they be different? Message-ID: <5800@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 16:32:55 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.5800 Posted: Tue Mar 3 16:32:55 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 00:36:37 EST Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 49 Keywords: westchester german 2000 revisions video slot differences [ ... go ahead, eat my bits ... ] In an article I read on Compu$erve (sorry, it's copyrighted, so I can't post it), Sheldon Leaman states that initially, there will be two flavors of the A2000! The earliest machines will be based on the German design, with later machines (after the first few thousand) being based on the Westchester design. The designs are said to be equivalent, with a couple of important exceptions: o The Westchester design will provide all 12 bits of RGB information to the video slot (and maybe a couple of other signals); the German design will not. o There was reportedly some difference between the two designs with respect to monochrome output (sorry, I can't recall the specifics as well as on the above item). If there is any truth to the first bullet, it could have a big impact on genlocks/digitizers/frame-buffers/etc. that may be developed to go into that slot. The second bullet didn't seem to bother me much (but then, I don't care much about monochrome). Something to keep in mind (and check on) before writing out a check for one of the early 2000's, anyway. Comments? (CBM?) /kim P.S. I don't have a copy of the article handy, so this is from memory. I apologize if it wasn't Sheldon's article, of if I misunderstood the article. I think I got the gist of it correct though. -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ihnp4,seismo,oliveb,cbosgd}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CIS: 76535,25 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]