Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!sdcsvax!sdcc6!sdcc19!sdcc15!cp50
From: cp50@sdcc15.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 500 expansion concerns
Message-ID: <390@sdcc15.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 16:42:52 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcc15.390
Posted: Fri Nov 20 16:42:52 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 17:13:13 EST
References: <1540@van-bc.UUCP> <21822@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <803@ritcv.UUCP>
Reply-To: cp50@sdcc15.UUCP (Steve Hartford)
Organization: University of California, San Diego
Lines: 18
Keywords: power supply and memory expansion for A500

In article <803@ritcv.UUCP> ptp6186@ritcv.UUCP (Paul T. Pryor) writes:
>In article <21822@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>
>On another issue, I was not really satisfied with the 1 meg of memory
>available on my A500 ... I am *seriously* contemplating doing something
>(akin to Chris Erwin's hack) to add 512k or 1 meg to my Amy. But with a
>new twist - auto configuration, if it is feasible. I'm still doing my
>feasiblity study. Anyone care to comment ? 

Actually, I'm a friend of Cris Erving's, and I asked him about an
internal memory upgrade for the 500 beyond 1 meg. Apparently, 
there is not enough power to drive additional memory. A few
Commodore folks have also been overheard confirming this. Not to 
badmouth commercial products, but I personally would not go near
any of the "total 2.5 internal meg RAM for your 500!!!" boards...

-Stephen Hartford
cp50%sdcc15@sdcsvax