careyk@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carey Kinoshita) (02/16/91)
Some of my friends have been telling me that the Amiga A500 is slower than the A2000 and that game won't run at the correct speed on the A500 compared to on the A2000. I was wondering whether this was true since I thought the A2000 was just like an A500 with slots and a detachable keyboard. I also was wondering if anybody on the net has any experience using an A500 with the CA-500 Bodega Bay A-500 Expansion console? I would like to have that option of expansion open in case I need for NewTek's VideoToaster. Thanks
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (02/17/91)
In article <11486@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> careyk@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carey Kinoshita) writes: }Some of my friends have been telling me that the Amiga }A500 is slower than the A2000 and that game won't run }at the correct speed on the A500 compared to on the A2000. }I was wondering whether this was true since I thought the }A2000 was just like an A500 with slots and a detachable }keyboard. Tell your friends that they are full of it. Operationally speaking, the A500 and A2000 are pretty much the same. I own an A2000 and a good friend of mine has an A500 and we've had them side by side before to play various games via null-modem and there is no noticeable difference in speed from where we were sitting. } }I also was wondering if anybody on the net has any experience }using an A500 with the CA-500 Bodega Bay A-500 Expansion }console? I would like to have that option of expansion open }in case I need for NewTek's VideoToaster. Thanks I can't help you with this one, don't know anyone with a Bodega Bay. --Moriland -- | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu | __ | | | __/// Viva Amiga! | | Founder Of: Evil Young | \XX/ | | Mutants For A Better Tomorrow | "Single Tasking: JUST SAY NO!" |
tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Todd L. Masco) (02/18/91)
careyk@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carey Kinoshita) writes: > I also was wondering if anybody on the net has any experience > using an A500 with the CA-500 Bodega Bay A-500 Expansion > console? I would like to have that option of expansion open > in case I need for NewTek's VideoToaster. Thanks According to the folks at Go Amiga, the Bodega Bay is being held up by the FCC for the appropriate emmisions testings. They claim that once they're certified, they will ship immediately. So, I guess the answer is "no." -- Todd Masco | tm2b@andrew.cmu.edu | "Tax the churches. CMU Physics | tm2b@andrew.BITNet | Tax the businesses owned by the churches."
mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce) (02/19/91)
In article <11486@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, careyk@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carey Kinoshita) writes: >[ question about A500 being slower than A200 deleted ] Stock A500's and A2000 with the same amount of chip and fast RAM will run at identical speeds. > I also was wondering if anybody on the net has any experience > using an A500 with the CA-500 Bodega Bay A-500 Expansion > console? I would like to have that option of expansion open > in case I need for NewTek's VideoToaster. Thanks I have been working on a BBS with a friend who uses the Bodega Bay, and it works very nicely. Don't count on putting a Video toaster in it, at least for a while, it doesn't have the video slot which is required for the toaster. TTFN Matt Pierce