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From: cmcmanis@pepper.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Agnes chip
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Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 14:46:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  5 14:46:29 1987
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Keywords: A2000,A500,Agnes, 1 meg chip memory

In article <348@umbc3.UMD.EDU> (Todd Bernard) writes:
> I was at a local computer dealer the other night and saw both
> the 2000 and 500. The 2000 had 3 megs of memory and a hard drive,
> really nice machine. It also had a new version of the Agnes chip,
> that addresses 1 MEG of CHIP memory. 
[BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Sound of loud buzzer going of.]
I'm sorry that is incorrect. The new 'FAT' Agnes includes some of the
peripheral circuitry that used to be on the motherboard. You could 
have checked this two ways, first you could have looked in the user
manual (which at least for the 500 includes the pinout of the Agnes
chip, and schematics of the system) or second you could have run any
number of memory 'display' routines and seen that indeed only 512K
of your three meg was indeed 'chip' memory. What this means of course
is if you plug 3 Meg of RAM on your A1000 you get the same results,
eg :
> We ran deluxe paint II, deluxe video and ageis images all at the same time.
> The dealer also stated that the upgrade for the 1000 will cost $1000.

Deluxe paint II opens a 320X200X5 screen as does Aegis Images, and
Deluxe Video (although it opens a 320X200X6 dual playfield screen).
When the O/S isn't in chip ram this is doable. As for the upgrade 
cost, I haven't heard that one. 

>Todd
>(well maybe this is all a dream)


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