ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (AMOEBOID) (02/06/90)
Spent about 9 hours with Greg Tibbs Saturday night, and have some
info to pass on.
We will tentatively be at AmiExpo in Washington D.C. (March 16-18)
and will have board available at the show. We should have
a booth under the name of Expert Services.
The board will be sold as 2 models.
1) A fully populated board (1 meg ram, 1-meg agnus chip, etc..) everything
but a new Paula and Denise chip for $499.95 (hey, the psychological
under an even number trick :-)).
and
2) a semi-populated board (no RAM nor Agnus chip) for $350.
We should have about 25-50 completed boards and about 50-100
kits (that can very quickly be converted :-)).
Stay tuned for more details...
George
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-----BUT, not at the same time!kamidon@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Keith Amidon) (02/06/90)
The info about the Rejuvinator project here is very intersting to
me because I have an A1000 with LUCAS/FRANCES an 80Meg HD, an Insider
board, and a bunch of my own hacks, all mounted inside an AT Tower
case. There is no way I could upgrade to a 2000 now without losing
A LOT of money. Anyway, my question is: With the current thread
about 1.4 using 512K of ROM for kickstart, will the Rejuvinator
be able to handle this? If I remember correctly, it was originally
going to be designed to include ROM sockets like those in a 500 or
2000, which means it should work, right? Did this actually happen?
Thanks, Keith Amidonaddison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) (02/06/90)
In article <2291@ucqais.uc.edu> ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (AMOEBOID) writes: >1) A fully populated board (1 meg ram, 1-meg agnus chip, etc..) everything >but a new Paula and Denise chip for $499.95 (hey, the psychological >under an even number trick :-)). I wonder what the market will really be like for this? Anyway, is there still time to consider making this board work with 512K ROMs? Maybe it already will. According to a recent posting, Kickstart 1.4 will require 512K of ROM. Although there is an upgrade offer (at least for some owners) not everyone will be able to take advantage of it while it is available. --Rich
eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story) (02/07/90)
I'm curious about one of the aspecs of the Rejuvinator Board.. will it
allow the 1000 to accept a 512k kickstart ROM? or will we be stuck with
1.3 for the rest of eternity.
Ezra Story
EAS3714@ultb.isc.rit.educostello@eplrx7.uucp (Tim Costello) (02/09/90)
From article <2120@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, by eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story): > I'm curious about one of the aspecs of the Rejuvinator Board.. will it > allow the 1000 to accept a 512k kickstart ROM? or will we be stuck with > 1.3 for the rest of eternity. > > Ezra Story > EAS3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu From the horses mouth, as posted to Compuserve: 07-Feb-90 23:53:44 Sb: #Rejuv. & 512K ROM Fm: Gregory B. Tibbs 73767,456 To: Tim Costello 76117,71 (X) The ROM should work. It was designed to the same specs as the A2000 ROM socket. No mods are necessary other than changing the ROM. --- Notice this message contains his CIS usernumber. Some of you might try sending him mail directly. -- Tim Costello Du Pont Medical Products ...!uunet!eplrx7!costello -- The UUCP Mailer
ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (AMOEBOID) (02/12/90)
In article <22689@usc.edu>, addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) writes: > In article <2291@ucqais.uc.edu> ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (AMOEBOID) writes: > I wonder what the market will really be like for this? Anyway, is there > still time to consider making this board work with 512K ROMs? Maybe it > already will. According to a recent posting, Kickstart 1.4 will require > 512K of ROM. Although there is an upgrade offer (at least for some > owners) not everyone will be able to take advantage of it while it > is available. > --Rich The Rejuvenator WILL accept 512K ROMs if indeed 1.4 requires them. It will be interesting to note what kind of goodies we would get in 512K. Could it be that many of the now disk resident commands will be moved into ROMs? Oh boy, just like an IBM only better. Maybe we can call it amiga.com (GRIN). Regards, George p.s. -- UUCP: ucqais.uc.edu!ggibeau BBS: (513) 721-7977 GT NODE: 006/005 US Snail-Dept of Biology ML 06, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 ---I mean what I say, and I say what I mean------ -----BUT, not at the same time!
portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (02/15/90)
>>>>> On 6 Feb 90 04:52:17 GMT, kamidon@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Keith Amidon) said:
keith> The info about the Rejuvinator project here is very intersting to
keith> me because I have an A1000 with LUCAS/FRANCES an 80Meg HD, an Insider
keith> board, and a bunch of my own hacks, all mounted inside an AT Tower
keith> case. There is no way I could upgrade to a 2000 now without losing
keith> A LOT of money. Anyway, my question is: With the current thread
keith> about 1.4 using 512K of ROM for kickstart, will the Rejuvinator
keith> be able to handle this? If I remember correctly, it was originally
keith> going to be designed to include ROM sockets like those in a 500 or
keith> 2000, which means it should work, right? Did this actually happen?
Yes, the Rejuvinator has a ROM socket designed to A500/2000 specs.
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