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- From: ghazi@wizofhoz.uucp (Ozzie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga 500 discontinued?
- Message-ID: <ghazi.055a@wizofhoz.uucp>
- Date: 8 Sep 1992 00:03:35 GMT
- References: <1992Sep4.034133.29762@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Sep7.011825.17700@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <Bu76Hu.3q1@tik.vtt.fi> <zrawi01.715857264@indiaka>
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- In article <zrawi01.715857264@indiaka> zrawi01@indiaka.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (J. Wiedmann) writes:
- >In <Bu76Hu.3q1@tik.vtt.fi> Jan.Lucenius@tel.vtt.fi (Jan Lucenius) writes:
- >
- >>Does anyone know what is inside the 600s ? Is it the same computer as
- >>500 in a smaller case (and thus with worse keyboard), or is it better
- >>or worse ?
- >
- >It is still the same, except that it uses Kickstart 2.05 / Workbench 2.0,
- >has the additional ability to supply ROM-Cards or RAM-Cards (those credit-card-
- >like ones) and is produced im SMD-technology (but no more expansion-port!).
-
- Given enough time someone will find a simple way hacking an A500
- edge-connector to the A600. It's basicly the same, so it should be
- possible to do it. It's not that hard to remove any chip from a board, so
- replacing the 68000 with a socket is possible and voila your VXL/MMR or
- whatever go fast board is usable in the thing. Now you have a shrunk
- A500, but with the advantage of ROM/Ram cards. If the keyboard bothers you
- then take a look at all those keyboard hacks for the 1000/500 and it should
- not be long before someone finds one to use the 2000/3000/IBM keyboards on
- the 600. It really isn't as bad as it may look to some.
-
- In fact it opens a lot of doors to penny penchers that wasn't there
- for the 500.
-
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