Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1001 questions
Keywords: 68020, BridgeBoard, 32-bit memory, new chips?
Message-ID: <5753@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 07:30:22 GMT
References: <4254@enea.se>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4254@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:
>* I have seen that the "normal" (non-Un*x) A2500 is on sale in the US.
>  What's the price? Have they started selling the A2620 card separately
>  yet? What's the price? Will a US version of the card work in a PAL
>  B2000? (could never be too sure...). What's the specs? From articles
>  it seems like there is two cards, one with '20, 1,5 MB RAM and a socket
>  for a FPU. The other should be '20, FPU, MMU, 2 MB RAM and an extra
>  chip used by the Un*x OS.

	All have a 68020, 68881 FPU, MMU, and 2meg of 32-bit ram.  The
2500UX _I believe_ will have 4 Meg.  All A2500's can be upgraded to 4 meg.
Note that I am a programmer, not a marketing person, so ask your dealer
for more info.

>* I have a B2000 with 3 MB RAM. How could programs use this memory
>  together with 2 MB 32-bit RAM on an A2620 card?

	It's all ram, and the system will see (and use) it all.  Of course,
many "take over the machine" games don't notice expansion ram at all...

>* I read some months ago (on the net) that CBM had some items you could
>  use if you are thinking of programming on the Amiga. One thing was the
>  1.2 Native Developers Kit, with 1.3 due out soon. How soon will it come?
>  Price? How to order? What else is there?

	Contact the local CBM people, or Commodore Amiga Technical Support,
1200 Wilson Dr, West Chester, PA 19380, USA, for more information.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup