greg@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) (02/07/91)
I'm sure these issues have been discussed piecemeal before, but it would be nice to have the official line on all this in one place. 1) Will the new 2.0 software run on an Amiga without the Enhanced Chip Set, or to upgrade an A2000/A2500 system will one need to purchase both the ECS and the 2.0 System disk and ROMS? 2) What effect will the ECS in a 2000-class machine have on ancient MicroWay flickerFixers. Could the new modes damage the FFs, or will modes the FF doesn't understand simply get passed along? Specifically, I'm wondering if I'll need a) ECS b) 2.0 ROMS and software c) A new flickerFixer to run 2.0? Option "c" doesn't look too attractive right now because of the dearth of alternative flickerFixers available since Commodore's seems to have bugs. And it costs money. Thanks! -- Gregory R. Travis Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405 greg@cica.cica.indiana.edu Center for Innovative Computer Applications Card-carrying member of the Usenet Civil Liberties Union
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (02/08/91)
In article <10595@cica.cica.indiana.edu> greg@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) writes: > 1) Will the new 2.0 software run on an Amiga without the > Enhanced Chip Set, or to upgrade an A2000/A2500 system > will one need to purchase both the ECS and the 2.0 > System disk and ROMS? The 2.0 software does not require ECS. How it is bundled is up to the various sales companies. -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup The compiler runs Like a swift-flowing river I wait in silence. (From "The Zen of Programming") ;-)