Future of Amiga
08-May-92 21:42:45
Sb: #56742-Future of Amiga
Fm: Ronald B. Romine 70322,1525
To: NEIL GOLDSMITH 72017,370
I get several European Amiga magazines, and there has been talk and
articles about a new Amiga series called the A600.
First, the A600 is smaller than the A500, it lacks the keypad. It does use
the 2-meg Agnus and Super Denise, and comes with KS-2.04. The A600HD will
be the same except it will have a 2.5-inch IDE Hard Drive (internal). I
believe the A600HD has a "2.05" which has added supprt for the IDE drive.
There are going to three compatiblity problems:
1) AmigaDOS 2.04(2.05). Programs that won't work under 2.04, won't
work with the A600 series.
2) The ESC. The Enhanced Chip Set, is used in the A600. Programs
that can't work with MORE than 512K CHIP memory, and/or play
with the Denise in illege ways — may not work.
3) Programs that REQUIRE the keypad probably won't work.
However, I don't believe the features of the A600 series has been poured in
concret yet.
Ron.