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From: Bruce_Eric_Bowers@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amiga 2500UX
Message-ID: <14054@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Jan 89 22:33:09 GMT
References: <5804@cbmvax.UUCP> <5827@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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In article <5827@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) says:
 
>                              No matter the preset, holding down both
>mouse buttons at boot time will get you a menu that lets you select the
>Amiga OS controlled by either the 68020 or the 68000, or UNIX if you have
>it on your hard disk.

Is this true of any 2500? Does the 68000 still run at 7 MHz?

I've been very impressed with the 2500, and I'm saving my pennies to buy
one. One of the things that has concerned me was the possibility that
some software would not work on a 2500, due to either the slightly 
different instruction set of the 68020 or to the faster clock speed.
(I know, *CORRECTLY WRITTEN* software should run with no problem, but
not all software is written correctly :-).

If I can choose to run the 2500 on a 7 Mhz 68000, then I'm no longer
concerned. I haven't heard of any incompatibility problems with the 2500,
but then I haven't heard of many people that have them yet. Anyone with
a 2500 care to comment?

Thanks!