#Help with 1meg Agnes
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Help!!!!!
I purchased a 1meg Agnes (8372A) for my A500 (Rev. 5 motherboard). I
followed the modification directions completely. I cut the trace
between the two pads next to the 68000 and soldered a jumper to
other pad. I cut the jumper going to pin 32 of the Gary chip. The
AVAIL command shows I have 1meg chip ram. Everything seems to work
fine EXCEPT for two programs. One is MED v3.0 (a shareware Music
EDitor) and DPaint III. Since MED is shareware, I'm not that worried
about it. But DPaint III is major product for the Amiga. If it is
incompatible with the new Agnes, I'm sure somebody out there has seen
this problem. When I try to draw, I get strange colors and patterns
randomly placed on the screen. It sometimes occurs when use the
pulldown menus! Once it starts it won't go away (even if I exit
DPaint) until I power down. It seems to occur more often when I am
running from my hard disk. I removed the HD and ran from floppy and
it still occurs (although much more drawing can be done before the
trash appears). This is actually the second Agnes I received. The
first never did work at all. I returned it and got second one and
made sure it was a different lot number. I can't imagine getting two
that are bad so I am assuming that is either something with my system
or with the two programs. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE to respond. I have racked my brain for
possibilities. Is it that my A500 can't be upgraded? Do the Gary
and Denise chips need to be upgraded? Do I need an upgrade for
DPaint III? Am I a fool for even attempting this?
HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!!
Mark Kelley 70771,176
Mark,
DPaint III does have a problem with the Fat Agnus (1 meg). I had the same
problem. If you call EA and tell them what you have they will have you send
them the original disks and replace them with a version that will work
properly with your new Agnus. I had no problems with the upgraded version.
BTW you can get DPaint IV for $67 as an upgrade by sending them the front
page from your manual. EA is also online in the gamepub forum. Best…
Mike Reid
WHAP!ping from "The Field Of Dreams"
Mike,
Thanks for the info. I'll call EA and check on it.
Mark