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From: bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: USING MORE THAN 1MEG CHIP
Summary: 1 Meg Chip RAM test
Keywords: TUBBY LARDO FAT AGNUS 1MEG CHIP
Message-ID: <3277@pikes.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 14 Feb 90 02:04:53 GMT
References: <90021302101315@masnet.uucp>
Reply-To: bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott)
Organization: University of Colorado, Denver
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In article <90021302101315@masnet.uucp> darrell.grainger@canremote.uucp (DARRELL GRAINGER) writes:
> The test to see if you have 1 megabyte of chip RAM is to open Dpaint 
>with HiRes OverScan AND 16 colours. If you are forced down to 8 colours 
>then you have 512K of chip RAM.
>
> An easier way to test for 1 megabyte of chip RAM would be to go to the 
>Shell/CLI and type AVAIL.

At the risk of presuming, that test won't work for everyone.  I'm not positive
about this myself, but there are those (locally) who are convinced that thehy
have the 1 meg Agnus in the computer, but it's not enabled for 1 meg chip RAM.
I know that the new Agnus will, if inserted but if no traces/jumpers are fixed,
act just like the old one and report 512K CHIP.  They want some kind of test 
which will show what type of chip they have without opening the computer.  I 
personally doubt Commodore would ship computers with the new Agnus disabled, 
but then they've done boneheaded things before... anyway, I hear there's some
kind of program somewhere that will detect what version of chip(s) you have.

.                                 <<<<Infinite K>>>>

BTW: I have the new chip and I must say it's nice to be able to run two copies
of DPaint III with 150 frame anims each... and still have interlaced WB, etc...