niesemc@econ.vu.nl (Marco Niese) (09/14/89)
If I have an 1MB Agnus installed, I lose my $C00000 memory. I like to run all kinds of demos/mega-demos and I'm afraid -because of ill programming- that they won't run. If have a A2058 installed, can I also install a Memory Card which was designed for the A2000A to give it 1MB/1.5MB of RAM? Will I get back the $C00000 RAM? Will I have 9.5MB/10MB available or is the card not AutoConfig-ed or non- installable? A less elegant option could be a switch connected to J500 (will void warranty? May destroy Agnus if switched too soon after power-down?) Maybe someone knows the answer to this problem... Thanks. Marco Niese (niesemc@econ.vu.nl)
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (09/18/89)
in article <292@vuecon.econ.vu.nl>, niesemc@econ.vu.nl (Marco Niese) says: > Keywords: A2000B 10MB?? > If I have an 1MB Agnus installed, I lose my $C00000 memory. I like to run > all kinds of demos/mega-demos and I'm afraid -because of ill programming- > that they won't run. It's really difficult to count on having $C00000 memory; basically, you'd have to intentionally do something stupid. In fact, only a very few programs depend on any FAST memory being in the system at all, and that's usually a bug in the program anyway. I wouldn't worry about it. > If have a A2058 installed, can I also install a Memory Card which was designed > for the A2000A to give it 1MB/1.5MB of RAM? Will I get back the $C00000 RAM? Are you talking about the 512K/1 Meg CPU slot card for the original A2000? That only works in the original A2000, not in the "B"2000. > A less elegant option could be a switch connected to J500 (will void > warranty? May destroy Agnus if switched too soon after power-down?) No, don't do that. > Maybe someone knows the answer to this problem... Thanks. It's not a problem. Really. Nothing is going to count on $C00000 memory being there, and I sincerely doubt that you're going to run into many things that require more than 9 megs of memory. > Marco Niese (niesemc@econ.vu.nl) -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy Too much of everything is just enough
utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) (09/19/89)
In article <7940@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: [...] > being there, and I sincerely doubt that you're going to run into many things > that require more than 9 megs of memory. True. In fact we've known for a long time that you don't really need more than 640K. :-) :-) :-) (Sorry, couldn't help myself.) --Todd
swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren) (09/21/89)
In article <1989Sep19.124827.17272@uncecs.edu> utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes: >In article <7940@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: > [...] >> being there, and I sincerely doubt that you're going to run into many things >> that require more than 9 megs of memory. > >True. In fact we've known for a long time that you don't really >need more than 640K. :-) :-) :-) > >(Sorry, couldn't help myself.) >--Todd Remember when 64K seemed like a massive memory? Just wait till Amigas to come stock with 100 MEGs. There'll be applications that can eat it all in one bite ;^). And we'll all wonder how we ever survived on a mere 9 MEGs. --Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM