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- From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
- Subject: Re: Some A4000 questions
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:46:34 GMT
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- In article <1jmk9jINNig9@uwm.edu> brandt@point.cs.uwm.edu (Robert Allan Brandt) writes:
- >
- >I have recently came to the decision that I would like to buy the new A4000.
- >I have been following the comments posted the last few weeks or so, but a
- >few of the questions I have seem to not have been addressed, or I just
- >missed the answer. I hope these weren't asked recently, so here goes!
- >
- > 1) Other than the fan problem and some HD's formatted with the OFS,
- > are there any other major problems with the 4000?
- >
- > 2) Can the OS be mapped to 32-bit ram as on the 3000?
-
- The memory of the 4000 is all 32-bit. So there is no need to map the OS to
- 32 bit space. It is already there.
-
- > 5) How well does this scan-promotion feature work?
- > Are there any problems associated with it?
- > What are its advantages?
- > Is it compatible with older (2 yrs or less) software?
-
- It should be compatible.
-
- > Does it work with any software such as games?
-
- As long as the games don't over ride the OS.
-
- >
- > 6) How downwardly compatible are the AGA chips with the ECS chips?
- > Can I boot the machine in the old ECS mode to use non-AGA software,
- > or does ECS compatible software work fine under AGA?
-
- 100% I gather from previous postings here. Somehow I got the impression
- that ECS hardware is incorporated into AGA and you can switch to ECS at the
- boot monitor.
-
- >
- > 7) How well do commercial games run on the 4000? I assume faster,
- > but are there any major problems getting them to run?
-
- Provided they run on a >68000 processor and don't hit the hardware directly
- they should run.
-
- >
- >Thanks again for any help that can be provided concerning these questions.
- >
- >Bob
- >
- >brandt@point.cs.uwm.edu
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