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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amiga 2000 (a) and the new stuff
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Date: 2 May 88 14:45:41 GMT
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In <1413@gos.ukc.ac.uk>, rpa@gos.ukc.ac.uk (R.P.Almeida) writes:
>7. The top 0.5Mbytes of memory in the B2000 is half-fast memory, (so as to
>   be compatible with the new graphics chips), whereas on the A2000 the
>   extra 0.5Mb is true fast memory.

Well, it would have been true FAST memory if they hadn't saddled it with
wait states. It's rather disgusting to find that the second half meg runs
12-18% slower, regardless of DMA. It was the German design, and it makes me
hope that CBM never again allows that team to get anywhere near an Amiga.

  I pulled the half meg, added a Micron 2 meg board (works flawlessly), and
am a lot happier knowing my memory runs at full rated speed.

-larry

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