Mega Chip 2000
12-Apr-94 01:54:55
Sb: #78922-Mega Chip 2000
Fm: Trent K. Johnson 71020,1052
To: Wesley Helms 71603,3636
You can enter a shell and type "avail" (no quotes) and hit return. This command
will report the amount of chip memory (in bytes).
I've used MegaChips in both our 2000-based Toaster systems for a long, long
time (Pre-Toaster 2.0), with only one problem way back when. The first
MegAChip board I got was "Toasting" Super (2MB) Agnus chips. I sent it back to
DKB and they replaced it, including the chip free of charge. That's what I
call service.
Operationally speaking, our need for the 2MB Chip came about when I was
genlocking some DPaint anims over 24-bit Toaster backgrounds. Both the anims
and the backgrounds changed alot, so I was easiest to have both the Toaster and
DPaint running. Without the extra chip RAM, they wouldn't run together. I'd
definatley recommend getting a MegAChip as soon as you can afford it, and as I
hear, it's necessary for Toaster 3.1.
Hope this helps!
Trent K. Johnson
ReAnimators