Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!aer From: aer@alice.UucP (y) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Some questions Message-ID: <4348@alice.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 18:06:08 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.4348 Posted: Thu Sep 19 18:06:08 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:09:33 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 30 I have a question: In this month's _Compute_ magazine which I found in the library, an article on the Amiga stated that current Amigas, sold as 256K machines, would actually have 512K or RAM, the upper 256K of which would be write-protected and used as virtual ROM for the operating system. Later Amigas were supposed to have this memory removed, and replaced with ROM chips. There was no talk of being able to upgrade one's RAM Amiga to a ROM Amiga when the operating system was compacted and given to ROM. This means that early Amigas will have to have the operating system on disk, and that it will also to take time to load the operating system at each powerup. So how long does it take to load? And by the way, what is the transfer rate on the disk drive ports? When will the ROM based Amigas come out? Do you really think Amiga won't upgrade the machines? (There are two empty DIP spaces on an Amiga motherboard.) Could the extra 256K be used if and after a ROM upgrade? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to modify one's operating system a bit anyway, and have it always upgradeable? What is a better deal? A RAM Amiga now, or a ROM Amiga later? (Please post to the net- this I believe is of general interest.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- D. Rosenberg on Murray Hill @ ATT/BTL /\ uucp: ..!ihnp4!alice!aer (mail TO DAN)-- My opinions are my own. -------------------------------------------------------------------------