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- From: efp90@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Pritchard EF)
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- Subject: Re: A1200 Add-Ons
- Message-ID: <13563@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:53:47 GMT
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- In <1drhdrINN7d4@agate.berkeley.edu> kevinm@ocf.berkeley.edu (Kevin Miller) writes:
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- >I am very interested in the A1200, and look forward to it arriving here in the
- >states, but I have two concerns about adding hardware.
-
- >From what I understand, the A1200 comes with only 2 meg chip RAM. How would
- >I go about adding 32-bit fast RAM? What cost is involved?
-
- The Trapdoor is a 150 pin edge connector, with full access to all the
- CPU lines (not just a cut down chip-bus only version like the A500,
- more like a Zorro (there is a /Zorro line!)), so when boards arrive,
- just stick them in there and you will have TRUE 32-bit Fast Ram.
-
- Futhermore, when 68030/40 accelerators come out, you will be able to
- expand to >16Mb of RAM just like an A4000
-
- Alternatively, you could get a PCMCIA card with 2 or 4Mb of 16-bit
- Fast RAM on it, and stick that in the PCMCIA slot... or use it as a
- fast virtual disk!
-
- >From what I understand, the A1200 has no hard drive either. Will I be able
- >to EASILY add a hard drive (IDE or whatever)? I don't want to buy the
- >machine and then find out that I'm stuck with a floppy-based system. NEVER
- >again!
-
- Just buy any (!) 2.5" IDE Hard drive and connect it up!
-
- >Thanks!
-
- >Kevin
- >kevinm@ocf.berkeley.edu
-
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- E.F.Pritchard ///
- efp90@uk.ac.soton.ecs \\\/// Amiga I seriously need something
- University of Southampton \xx/ to go on this side of my
- England. signature, any ideas?
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