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- From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
- Subject: Re: A1000 ECS ?
- References: <16823B8A2.M23150@mwvm.mitre.org> <al158305.711682867@academ01>
- <1992Jul21.181107.28894@ninja.zso.dec.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.164904.18032@ms.uky.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:49:04 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- Hans Ridder <ridder@zso.dec.com> 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.
-
- >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.
-
- >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.
-
- I have a rejuvenater, and Expert Services (606-371-9690) is selling
- ECS Denisae for it. The board came with an ECS Agnus and my one meg
- of chip works just fine.
-
- Now, thanks to my not paying attention to all this ECS stuff, I
- need to know:
-
- 1) Is the ECS Denise an improvement over the original if one
- sticks with a standard NTSC monitor (A1080)?
-
- 2) What does the ECS Paula give you over the original?
-
- 3) I understand that if I uprade the rejuvenater to two megs of
- chip I'd need a 2-meg agnus. Are there separate 1- and 2-meg
- ECS Denises and Paulas? Will the original chips address
- two megs?
- --
- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu
- University of Kentucky +1 606 257 2975
- Department of Mathematics "Thanks to the magic of the slow-motion
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