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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 1.3 and a1200
- Message-ID: <36753@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 05:21:14 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.4247.21828@dosgate>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Nov4.4247.21828@dosgate> "carl bannenberg" <carl.bannenberg@canrem.com> writes:
- >
- > To Dave Haynie, George Robbins, or Dr Peter Kittel
- >
- > Is it possible to put a 1.3 ROM (with rom switcher) in a A1200?
- >
- > Before anyone flames me, the user group I belong to would like to
- > upgrade from 1.2 A500's to either the A600 or A1200. However we will
- > still need to remain compatible with 1.3 only PD software. We would be
- > able to use the rom switcher on a A600, but the A1200 sounds like a
- > better deal.
-
- I believe 1.3 will work, but you won't be able to access any of the
- new video features or the PCMCIA card. It's been a while since the
- software folks shamed us out of using 1.2 for hardware debugging so
- I'm not 100% certain.
-
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