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From: jwhitman@ALMSA-1.ARPA (Jerry Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 68010 W/1.5MEG INTERNAL - WILL IT WORK?
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Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 13:45:43 EST
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There is a mail-order outfit in Texas advertising the Amiga a 68010
CPU, 1080 monitor, clock w/battery,and (the attention getter) 1.5 Meg
of memory *INTERNAL* for $1595.  This *sounds* like a goodly deal, 
but....I have questions!
a.  I have seen past articles discussing the 68010 in the AMIGA and 
they left me with these questions:
   1 - Is the 68010 fully upward compatible with the 68000.  If not 
       does it negatively affect existing software products?
   2 - Can/will the existing C/A software (V1.2 OS, Basic, utilites
       etc) take advantage of 68010 features?
   3 - Can/will existing commercial software take advantage of 68010 
       features?
b.  I have been laboring under the impression that the AMIGA could only
see 500K of internal RAM.  This appears not to be so, but...
   1 - Can the special function chips (graphics, audio, etc) see and
       utilize any of the additional 1Meg of internal memory?
   2 - Can/will existing software (C/A or commercial) use it?  If so
       how does any software know it is available?  (Maybe Autoconfig?)
   3 - Can it be used for RAM:?
c.  Doesn't this modification void the C?A warranty?

These are issues that come to mind.  If you have the answers to any of 
them or recognize other issues please let me know.  

Thanks for listening.     Jerry Whitman

JWHITMAN@ALMSA-1.ARPA