sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (01/30/89)
In Message <14054@cup.portal.com>, Bruce_Eric_Bowers@cup.portal.com writes: >Is this true of any 2500? Does the 68000 still run at 7 MHz? > Sure does. Basicly when you set the jumper (or use mouse buttons) to boot in 68000 mode - the 020 board is non-existant (so to speak). The memory is gone as is the extra speed, MMU, co-processor..... you get the idea. >I've been very impressed with the 2500, and I'm saving my pennies to buy >one. One of the things that has concerned me was the possibility that >some software would not work on a 2500, due to either the slightly >different instruction set of the 68020 or to the faster clock speed. >(I know, *CORRECTLY WRITTEN* software should run with no problem, but >not all software is written correctly :-). > How true. But I can cay that over the past 2 years the number of incorrect programs compared to correct ones has gone way down. (I dont use alot of games so I leave them out of my comments). Currently I am able to use all the programs I want/need in the 020 mode. (IE: compilers, lint, spell checker, Dos-2-Dos, ect, ect) >If I can choose to run the 2500 on a 7 Mhz 68000, then I'm no longer >concerned. I haven't heard of any incompatibility problems with the 2500, >but then I haven't heard of many people that have them yet. Anyone with >a 2500 care to comment? > Think I just did ;-) But if I do find a prog that will not run w/the 020 (so far only games & _early_ releases of some software), I just boot as a 68000 machine and all is well again. >Thanks! U R Welcome. -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691