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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The new Amiga 500 (from latest Amazing Computing)
Message-ID: <1535@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 13:12:52 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1535
Posted: Wed Mar 11 13:12:52 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Mar-87 23:41:47 EST
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <1533@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) says:
>> Two new custom chips are on the board, named Gary and Buster. A gate array
>> chip, and a bus arbitrator
> 
> 	Gary is only used in the A2000 - it controls the built-in expansion bus.
        ^^^^
> 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)

Whoops!  That's Buster that's only in the A2000, Gary that's new for the A500.
Buster does various aspects of Amiga bus arbitration, Gary replaces a bunch of
things that were done in TTL and PAL in the A1000.
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