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- From: torrunes@idt.unit.no (Tor Rune Skoglund)
- Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.5 ROM chip?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.202110.8261@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Reply-To: torrunes@idt.unit.no (Tor Rune Skoglund)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <1993Jan21.231723.1019@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu> <1993Jan24.024550.8242@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 20:21:10 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.024550.8242@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, larsent@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (LARSEN TORE HOIVAAG) writes:
- |> 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.)
- |>
- |> Could this be the KS2.05 chip in the A600 allowing HD-floppies, PCMCIA's
- |> etc.?
-
- There is no KS2.5, so Mike probably means the 2.05 chip.
-
- |> Does anyone know if this would fit in the A500?
-
- Yes, it fits...
-
- |> The PCMCIA wouldn't
- |> work, but who cares?
-
- It could work if you had a PCMCIA slot... ;-)
-
- |> Tore :-)
- |> larsent@ucsu.colorado.edu
- |>
- |> >Mike
- |> >mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
- |>
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