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#Derringer-Mega Combo

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#97095From: RICK GERENApr 24, 1993 9:10 PM
Help. I installed a CSA 68030 Derringer board in my 2000. It works fine. I would like to install the DKB MegAchip 2 meg chip memory board, but am worried it may not physically fit underneath the Derringer. Has anyone got this combo installed in an A2000? Thanks ….. Rick
#97300From: DKB SoftwareApr 26, 1993 8:31 AM
Rick, Contact CSA and tell them what you want to do. I've been told by them that the boards will fit together if you add an additional spacer into the Derringer stack. Dean DKB Software
#97889From: RICK GERENApr 30, 1993 5:38 PM
Dean: Thanks for your reply. I'll take your advice and contact CSA, but if a spacer is involved, I'll have to sacrifice my ICD "AdSpeed" with the original 68000 cpu. The CSA board with the AdSpeed leaves absolutely zero clearance. I reckon I'd rather have the additional chip memory tho…..its rare I use the fall-back non- accelerated mode. Thanks again for your help. Rick
#98020From: DKB SoftwareMay 1, 1993 8:45 PM
Rick, You have a Derringer and an AdSpeed stacked together in the 68000 socket? What ever for??? :*) Yup, you are going to have to lose something in that setup. I would suspect the AdSpeed is probably the least used of the bunch. Dean DKB Software
#98044From: RICK GERENMay 2, 1993 5:34 AM
The AdSpeed at 14 MHz gives just enough speed increase to make working with the 2.1 O/S practical, and it did fit! (just barely) so I used it. There is a lot of Amiga software that doesn't like either the 68030 or 32 bit memory, so "fall-back" to an original 68000 cpu is almost essential for me. But you are right Dean…I find I have to "fall back" less and less as my software gets renewed. I predict you'll see an ad in the classifiedsfor an "AdSpeed" in the near future. Regards….Rick