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- Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.5 ROM chip?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.160232.2171@msus1.msus.edu>
- From: martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Psigon Matrix....do you DOUBT us??)
- Date: 23 Jan 93 16:02:32 -0600
- Reply-To: martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
- References: <1993Jan21.231723.1019@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu> <1993Jan22.134726.2160@msus1.msus.edu>,<1993Jan23.151935.1@fnala.fnal.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan23.151935.1@fnala.fnal.gov>, traynor@fnala.fnal.gov writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.134726.2160@msus1.msus.edu>, martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Psigon Matrix....do you DOUBT us??) writes:
- >> In article <1993Jan21.231723.1019@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu>, mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu writes:
- >>>I have heard that The Grapevine Group, sellers of Amiga custom chips here in
- >>>the US, are distributing a Kickstart 2.5 chip. They claim this chip allows
- >>>the use of high-density floppies. They are selling this chip for $39.95
- >>>(as compared to $34.95 for KS2.0).
- >>>
- >>>My question is: is there such a chip or is this just a new software upgrade?
- >>>And if there is such a chip, should I purchase this one in-lieu of a KS2.0
- >>>chip? (I am still running 1.3, but will be upgrading in the next month.)
- >>>
- >>>Mike
- >>>mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
- >>>
- >>
- >> I though 2.04 allowed for HD floppies....sounds like a scam.. :)
- >>
- >>
- >> Jim
- >
- >Isn't one of the features of WB2.1 HD floppy support?
- >
- > -Mike Traynor
-
- Considering that there were A3000T's w/ HD drives in them pre 2.1
- I would think it's in the 2.04 ROM code...and has little to do
- with the software...then again I am going purely on what I've seen.
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- >
- >NNN NN DDDD Mike Traynor (ND '86)(Rice '94?) ||| Amiga 500 owner ///
-
- Jim
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