Duncan.Lewis@samba.acs.unc.edu (Duncan Lewis) (12/11/90)
Being a newbie to the AMiga world, I have stumbled my way thru the paces of getting acquainted with a new way of thinking(look Ma, I can do two things at once). Anyways, I have an older AMiga2000 that I bought used and have come to the conclusion that I have a fat-AGnus chip. I see the swirl of messages about fatter-agnus and ECS and was wondering, what exactly do these things do. What is the big difference between fat and fatter Agnus and ECS. I would love to have the new workbench2.0 but right now I'll settle for better graphics. SO can some kind soul who has nothing better to do explain to me the following points. 1) Why get a fatter agnus? 2) differences between ECS and fatter agnus? 3) IS WB2.0 available to regular 1.2/1.3 people. 4) How can I generate NTSC signals to record on my vcr. and anything else you'd like to mention, I'm a good listener.. Duncan.Lewis@bbs.acs.unc.edu
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (12/12/90)
In article <1896@beguine.UUCP> Duncan.Lewis@samba.acs.unc.edu (Duncan Lewis) writes: > >1) Why get a fatter agnus? To have 1 MB Chip RAM available. Then you can have more screens and sounds and windows open simultaneously. E.g. in DPaint you then can take a whole HiRes screen into a brush. >2) differences between ECS and fatter agnus? This *IS* ECS Agnus. Only in the A3000 you have another modification with even 2 MB Chip RAM (no other differences). >3) IS WB2.0 available to regular 1.2/1.3 people. Not yet. >4) How can I generate NTSC signals to record on my vcr. Use an RF modulator like the A520 for the A500. This one also provides a video output (not modulated onto RF). If you have higher quality needs then look for a Genlock. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk