CompuServe Thread

Enhanced Chip Set

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#12144From: John GagerSep 19, 1988 2:49 AM
Does anyone know if the Enhanced chip set (Fatter Agnus, Denise, etc.) has been released yet and if so, what the package part number and price is? I know that the newer features of Denise won't be useable until 1.4 comes out, but the 1 meg of chip ram capability in Agnus should be useable, right? John Gager
#12165From: Doug WingerSep 19, 1988 6:31 AM
John, No word on general release yet. They have been (Fatter Agnus, at least) given out to some developers, and were passed out on a lottery basis at the last DevCon. Yes, the new Agnus does work right away, as one of the members here was lucky enough to get one, and reports, "..it's nice to run six Dpaints at once". 8) Doug
#12203From: Dean BrownSep 19, 1988 4:02 PM
Doug, I think that there might be a problem with the Fatter Agnus chip and the 1Meg CHIP ram. I seems to me that I heard (I can't remember where) that the SetPatch program that should be on 1.3 WorkBench disks, also corrects a bug in the Exec.library that dosn't handle the > 512K CHIP ram properly. I could be all wet on this, but maybe CBM had a good reason to hand out those six chips at DevCon? (unwary beta testers) -Dean