Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-cs!bucsb!seamus From: seamus@bucsb.UUCP (Jeff Rizzo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: USING MORE THAN 1MEG CHIP Keywords: TUBBY LARDO FAT AGNUS 1MEG CHIP Message-ID: <274@bucsb.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 90 12:35:13 GMT References: <90021302101315@masnet.uucp> <3277@pikes.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: seamus@bucsf.UUCP (Jeff Rizzo) Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 25 In article <3277@pikes.Colorado.EDU> bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott) writes: >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. > >. <<<>>> Commodore is *precisely* this boneheaded. Actually, I don't know if it's really boneheadedness, it might have to do with the fact that an A500 ships with on 512K of *any* kind of memeory, so they have to disable Agnus. At any rate,I know that they ship them disabled, because I recently confirmed that I have the 1 Meg Agnus by looking at the serial #, but even with 1 full Meg of memory on my A500, it reports only 512K chip. *SIGH* Looks like I've got some soldering to do... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Rizzo seamus@bucsf.bu.edu Boston University phyq8jc@BUACCA.BITNET CLA '91 Anybody want to give me a job?