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- From: wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A2000 Productivity Modes
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 17:32:35 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
- Message-ID: <4crkfj$52l@guava.epix.net>
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- On 6 Jan 1996 00:30:01 GMT, The Prophet articulated:
- <> In article <4ciaed$e0j@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> "Alexander W. Dorn" <awdorn@primenet.com> writes:
- <> >
- <> > My Question: Does WB3.1 require the ECS Agnes (in the case of
- <> > the A2000, the MegaChip2000) in order to use Productivity mode,
- <> > or might it just be a matter of memory that is keeping me from
- <> > this mode.
- <>
- <> You do need the ECS Denise for all the new screenmodes(Super72, Productivity, LoRes,
- <> etc).
-
- I'd suggest not wasting your money on the Super Denise.
-
- <> > It's not a real big deal, as I have a flicker-fixer also on
- <> > order, but I am curious. I hope to get a graphics board for
- <> > the machine in the next few months to give me higher
- <> > resolution/colors/etc, but will the lack of the MegaChip keep
- <> > me from having compatibility with ECS Programs? (in particular,
- <> > some of the newer ECS Games?)
- <>
- <> I'm not sure why games would require an ECS Denise since the new screenmodes
- <> are limited to 4 colours max.
- <>
- <> However the ECS 1Meg Agnus doubles the CHIP mem which would be very useful
- <> for games. So, ECS games requiring 1meg of chip ram won't run with the old
- <> agnus.
-
- Get the Fat Agnus and forget the Super Denise. :-)
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