moxx@diku.dk (Bo Ils|e Hansen) (04/15/91)
OkOk don't flame if this sounds stupid
I am wondering when the KickStart/WorkBench 2.0 for the A2000
will be seen around here (Denmark).
When i comes to new C= products, i always take ages before it come
to Denmark, like the A3000UX, we haven't seen that yet (sulk).
I hope some of you commodore folks read this / is able to anser this.
Most Hopefully
Bo
moxx@diku.dkdtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr15.112424.7864@odin.diku.dk> moxx@diku.dk (Bo Ils|e Hansen) writes: > > >OkOk don't flame if this sounds stupid > >I am wondering when the KickStart/WorkBench 2.0 for the A2000 > > will be seen around here (Denmark). > >When i comes to new C= products, i always take ages before it come > > to Denmark, like the A3000UX, we haven't seen that yet (sulk). > >I hope some of you commodore folks read this / is able to anser this. > > >Most Hopefully > > Bo > >moxx@diku.dk Don't expect to see any 2.0 ROMS in any Amigas for quite a while now. They probably won't be available until June, in reality. I noticed that the (well, my) a3000 does not have ROM sockets; it merely has a space in the circuit board for the ROMS to be soldered in. And there are two rom sockets; not just one. I was wondering if CBM plans to solder the roms in or make conventional sockets for the roms... -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr16.184812.816@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: > > Don't expect to see any 2.0 ROMS in any Amigas for quite a while >now. They probably won't be available until June, in reality. I noticed >that the (well, my) a3000 does not have ROM sockets; it merely has >a space in the circuit board for the ROMS to be soldered in. And there are >two rom sockets; not just one. I was wondering if CBM plans to solder >the roms in or make conventional sockets for the roms... > > >-- > David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce > Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) > > Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia. Are you sure you are looking in the right spot? On my 3000 there is this area with a "bundle" of something or other (proms?) stuck in what appear to be sockets. Those are the magic glue that allow the ROM to be loaded off disk. I can't actually SEE the sockets themselves, so I'm wondering what you're looking at. -- Ethan Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb A: None. It's a hardware problem.
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr16.184812.816@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: > > Don't expect to see any 2.0 ROMS in any Amigas for quite a while >now. They probably won't be available until June, in reality. And "June" you would call "quite a while away"? But sorry, I don't have a real date at hand, too. > I noticed >that the (well, my) a3000 does not have ROM sockets; it merely has >a space in the circuit board for the ROMS to be soldered in. And there are >two rom sockets; not just one. I was wondering if CBM plans to solder >the roms in or make conventional sockets for the roms... As far as I read between your lines, your A3000 runs and is alive? Then it simply *has* ROMs (or EPROMs)! If ROMs are released, take out your current EPROMs (sort of boot ROMs) and replace them with the real things. The A3000 board I know has indeed 4 places for such ROM chips (I assume historical reasons). But you really only need two of them, the other two may remain empty. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/21/91)
In article <1991Apr16.213634.10586@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >In article <1991Apr16.184812.816@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: >> >> Don't expect to see any 2.0 ROMS in any Amigas for quite a while >>now. They probably won't be available until June, in reality. I noticed >>that the (well, my) a3000 does not have ROM sockets; it merely has >>a space in the circuit board for the ROMS to be soldered in. And there are >>two rom sockets; not just one. I was wondering if CBM plans to solder >>the roms in or make conventional sockets for the roms... >> >> >>-- >> David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce >> Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) >> >> Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia. > > Are you sure you are looking in the right spot? On my >3000 there is this area with a "bundle" of something or other >(proms?) stuck in what appear to be sockets. Those are the magic >glue that allow the ROM to be loaded off disk. I can't actually >SEE the sockets themselves, so I'm wondering what you're looking >at. > -- Ethan > >Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb >A: None. It's a hardware problem. I remember seeing them under the power supplky somewhere, and they were labeled 'ROM 0' and 'ROM 1'. -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.