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- From: ridder@zso.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1000 ECS ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.181107.28894@ninja.zso.dec.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:11:07 GMT
- References: <16823B8A2.M23150@mwvm.mitre.org> <al158305.711682867@academ01>
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- In article <al158305.711682867@academ01> al158305@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Gustavo Cordova Avila) writes:
- >M23150@mwvm.mitre.org writes:
- >>Does anyone know if it is possible to obtain the new Denise chip with
- >>the new display modes for the A1000. I have WB2.04 and would really
- >>like to have the extended graphics modes for the workbench.
- >
- > You *can* plug in the ECS Denise chip in place of the old (very old :)
- >Denise, no problem, they're plug in compatible.
-
- While they indeed are "plug" compatible, they are *not* "pin"
- compatible. The ECS Denise requires some additional signals not
- provided by the A1000 Denise socket. You could probably hack the
- additional signals, but there's no point. See below.
-
- >What I don't know is if you need the ECS Agnus to be able to harness
- >the new modes, specially the more esoteric ones.
-
- Yes, you need an ECS Agnus too, which won't work in the A1000. I don't
- know for sure, but a Rejuvinator would probably allow both the ECS Agnus
- and Paula. Time to upgrade.
-
- >Gustavo Cordova Avila | Majoring in Electronics & Computer Sciences
-
- -hans
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