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#Hello, Agnus?

    21-Apr-95 17:32:02
Sb: #Hello, Agnus?
Fm: Barry Massoni 73260,1413
To: All
I have an A500 that shows 512K of chip RAM when I do an AVAIL from CLI. I take it this means it has the 8370 Fat Agnus chip. Here comes the confusion-I've been told that I can replace the 512K Fat Agnus with a 1 meg Agnus and get 1 meg of chip RAM. I've also been told that the 1 meg Agnus is not plug in compatible with 512K (8370) Fat Agnus-and to get more chip RAM from a 512K Fat Agnus Amiga I'd need to use a DKB MegAchip package (which replaces most of the custom chip set and uses a 2 meg Agnus). I'd like to get 1 meg of chip RAM in the most painless way possible, and I know some A500s came equiped with 1 meg Agnus', but I don't know if there were other changes other than the one chip. Can I just use a 1 meg Agnus-and if so what is it's number (8372A?). Barry