hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (08/13/86)
>Does anyone know if the the source and binary code for the Kermit Randy >Spencer aludes to will be available in the Fish Disk or AMICUS PD disk >series? Or is Randy the only source for this code? Is it available on CIS >or PeopleLink? i uploaded the executable and the amiga-specific documentation to PLink (section 14 of the commodore club) last nite (11 aug). if there's enough demand, i would probably upload the source too. you can ftp them from cu20b via arpanet. wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton%uiucuxc@a.cs.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uiucuxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton
hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (08/27/86)
>I was at the BADGE meeting again and had a wonderful time, and I heard this >talk about some news release that Jay Miner of Amiga had put out speaking >of new chips that had 1024x1024 graphics and could extend their address >space to 2 meg (chip memory of 2 meg). *But*, that these were for the >new Amiga machine and that they were not retro-fit-able in the Amiga 1000. > >So I go off to all my friends about how nice the *new* Amiga is going to >be and one of them says, "No, these chips will be able to be put in the >Amiga, look at the Memory Maps, see that space for 2 meg of memory. That >is where these new chips come in. I know, I talked to them at Comdex." > >So, since I missed the release, and would love it if this guy was right, >I thought this would be the place to get the record set straight. > >??? comments anyone ??? the memory map is a MINOR problem. the REAL problem is the motherboard. if it only has address lines for 512K, it doesn't matter that the address space is available -- you can't reach it. the current custom chips seem to use ALL their pins, and dedicate only 9 for RAM addressing (i assume it's doing its own row and column addressing?). unless they free up some other pins, or double up functions, neither of which would be backward-compatible, they'll have to ADD a pin on the new chipset, so they won't even fit in the same sockets. wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton%uiucuxc@a.cs.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uiucuxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton