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@6The A601 expansion from Commodore: by Viper of CBH:--
Costs 19.99 and adds 512k to the 1Meg in the A600.
@5
This expansion is small, has a metal back and is err, very
expandable.
Installing the little board is no problem at all, unlike other boards,
this one actually IS made for the A600 expansion port and fits in
pretty well.
Once installed it's just a case of closing the trapdoor and switching
on.
There isn't a difference to the speed of the A600 as the A601 only
adds memory to the existing chipmem, but if you wanted a speed increase
you would have bought the 620, wouldn't you? #7More>>>
@5
I tried running a few games from workbench which usually didn't
run, such as Monkey Island 2, it worked! WahheeeeyyyY!!!!
I also use Scala quite often and usually find that the scripts run
the standard A600 out of memory quickly, not any more.
I recommend people buy the A601 and add fastram to the PCMCIA port,
you can then have plenty of chip ram and plenty of fast, this used
to cost a fortune, but you could buy a 1meg internal upgrade for just
under 30 quid and a cheap second hand 4Meg expansion for around a
hundred quid (or less). So now there's no excuse when games and
applications ask for 2Meg or more.
If anyone does buy this expansion then DON'T expect it to make your
A600 run faster!!! That's about all I can say really. #7More>>>
@5Well built
As easy as installing something else which is very easy to install,
such as the A601 expansion which IS, very easy to install.
(didn't make much sense to me either-Ed.)
Works well, no known problems.
Overall 89% Good as far as expansions go.
P.S:-- Support the lonely A600 user group. (no thanks-Ed)
I'll see you next month with an even smaller article than this ----
maybe.