#Enhanced Chip Set
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Ariel,
I kinda thought that comment would get a remark from you. 8) BTW, are you
having any trouble with that setup?
-Dean
Dean:
I haven't experienced any difficulties that could be directly traceable to
the extra CHIP availability. I'd be interested to know EXACTLY what the Exec
problem with this was.
I do cringe at the thought of people putting fatter Agnus chips into their
own Amiga 2000's, though. I hope CBM makes this a "take it back to your
dealer" thing, cause I can just see the number of motherboards destroyed during
the installation. The highlight, of course, is where you have to reach in and
cut the trace between two pads without cutting any adjacent traces (ouch!).
This would have been tons easier had they put the posts and jumper block in.
One of the nice things about having the new Agnus is not having
"semi-fast" or "intermediate" memory that's as slow as CHIP but useless for
graphics. No more wondering whether some DMA device is going to use the
$C00000 area to setup its I/O buffers! Getting rid of "FastMemFirst" in the
startup is pretty nice too. Of course, there's the obvious advantages to the
extra CHIP, but I'll leave that for Mr. Foust to comment upon. 🙂
Ariel
You mean the Fat Agnus chip is not socketed in the 2000 like it is in my 500?
So I don't see too much problem with the average user destroying the
motherboard unless its soldered in. Of course, I've had people bring their
Computers over after they have installed an upgrade Rom and had to explain to
them that it won't work very well with those pins hanging out the side :). For
most people, it would be wise to let the dealer install the chips. Do you have
any info when the enhanced chip set will be available?
John Gager
John:
I have NO idea when the new chips will be available. I got mine in a
lottery (no, really!) about 5-6 months ago. I guess the best answer is still
"real soon now".
Yes, the fatter Agnus chip is socketed in the 2000. My concern was in
the average Amiga user's ability to pull a pin-grid IC out (would they even
have the proper tool?) without damaging it, put the new one in without damaging
it, and (the worst part) cutting the trace on the motherboard between two pads
WITHOUT accidentally slicing through the surrounding traces. If you find this
trivial, fine, but I'll bet it's because you have had practice, something most
Amiga users haven't had.
This is probably all moot, since CBM is most assuredly going to make
this a dealer-installed upgrade.
Ariel
Ari
Nertz to that 'take it in' stuff. Lemme at it!
Doug (with tools laid out in anticipation)
p.s. I've seen the local Tech. He was last seen _prying_ a memory board out
of a machine with a screwdriver the size of a crowbar. I wouldn't trust him my
to _type_ on my machine, let alone get his clumsy paws inside it.