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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Questions about new
- Message-ID: <C05vz8.Ixs@news.iastate.edu>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <3031120a6d@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 06:13:56 GMT
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- In article <3031120a6d@ofa123.fidonet.org> Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- >> Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- >> From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- >> Message-ID: <C022K5.B2w@news.iastate.edu>
- >> Newsgroups:
- >> comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.a
- >> vocacy
- >>
- >> No. The chipsets in the A4000 and A1200 are surface-mounted. They
- >> cannot be replaced.
- >
- >They WILL be able to be "replaced" by way of RTG, which Commodore *IS*
- >working on. And since they ARE working on this, there is no reason not to
- >put at least the high-end chipset onto a Zorro III card. And even if they
- >dont, you'll be able to use something just as good or better from third
- >party companies.
-
- With RTG, will these third-party product completely replace the chipsets?
- As in, will they do everything that the chipsets can do, like copper lists?
-
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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