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- From: I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: How does 2.04 perform on A500???????????????????
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- Date: 7 Jan 93 15:55:09 GMT
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- charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
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- >mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley) writes:
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- >>charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
-
- >>> I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
- >>>
- >>>
- >>> >From what I've seen, WB2.04 performs a little slowly on your bog standard Am
- >>>
- >>> Not really, unless you run a lot of commodities. (The commodities system see
- >>> to slow down 68000 machines - didn't see that happening on a 3000 or a 1200).
- >>The problem is not the 68000, the problem is the lack of Fast Memory. My
- >>2.04 A500 with 2 megs of memory ran very snappily, even with commodities.
-
- >Try moving the mouse while running a processor-intensive
- >activity - one time with some commodities running, one time without those
- >commodities running. Bog! Most any commodities will do this if you run several
- >at once.
-
- >(My 500 has 1 meg chip/4 megs fast)
-
- >>>
- >>> >If you want to use it seriously, I think a processor accelerator is a good i
- >>>
- >>> A hard drive is the first priority, of course. *Then* the accelerator.
- >>
- >>Absolutely. Hard Drive First. Then More Memory, followed by
- >>Accelerator.
-
- >Nah ... changed my mind. Get a 1200 and give your little sister the 500. :)
-
- And the next thing ya' know, you can't get on the A1200, cause little sister
- has decided to 'upgrade'. And guess who's got the A500 back...
-
- I, being an only child don't have that problem. Say, why don't you trade her
- in for an A4000. :)
-
- Like I've already said, I don't think the A1200 is the big step everyone is
- making it out to be. Wait for something better - I'm waiting for a A2000
- replacement to appear - once commodore make their minds up what the hec they
- are going to do...
-
- Come to think of it, a hard drive first is a good idea - I'm thinking of one
- for my A600 (don't laugh - the A500 I had before seemed to take over half my
- bedroom - a '286 PC owns the other half). Then again, if I upgrade, it won't
- really be worth it - I won't be doing anything till next christmas anyway.
-
-
- >>>
- >>> >If WB3.0 becomes available, you'll DEFINITELY need a faster machine.
- >>>
- >>> You'll need an AGA machine, I beleive!
- >>I don't think it needs AGA.
-
- >What does it need? (Seems like if 3.0 were compatible with older Amigas they
- >wouldn't have bothered releasing 2.1)
-
- From what I've heard, 'AGA' is required for 3.0, but won't be for 3.1 (?).
-
- Anyway, while I'm here, is there any way of linking together the Amiga and PC
- so the Amiga has direct access to say a partition of the PC hard drive - it
- would save me a small fortune, and a hell of a lot of time.
-
- I.A.Inman.
-