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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on planned ROM upgrades-A2000?
Message-ID: <2852@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 12:27:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 24 12:27:08 1987
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In article <45600039@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> jacobson@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> This is to the folks at CA, (George or others). Harv Laser mentioned the
> new stuff planned for 88 that Dale and others mentioned at the JAUG
> meeting last Friday. I am curious about the KS 1.21-1.3-1.4 rom upgrades
> planned for 88.  

For perspective sake, please note that any of the things reported were
at best informed opinions on what should happen in the future, not
"official" announcments or releases.
   
> First of all he says it is easy to replace the roms in the A2000. How 
> easy is it. Do you need a chip puller, are the roms easy to get out of
> the sockets?

A screwdriver seems to work quite nicely.

>   
> Second, with upgrades planned for Feb, (ver 1.21 KS and 1.2 WB), Spring,
> (ver 1.3 KS) and Summber (ver 1.4 KS) is there any reason to get each as
> they come out?

As I understand it, the general idea is to get out a version with improved
HD/A2000 support fairly quickly, while the latter version(s)  will include
more in the way of enhancements.  Other than suggesting that 1.2.1 might
not be very interesting to people without hard disks, I think it will be
a while before the details of the other releases will be firmed up.  

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