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From: ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: And the winner is...
Message-ID: <419@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 10:35:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocky.419
Posted: Tue Jul 14 10:35:18 1987
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In article <979@eneevax.UUCP> John Iarocci writes:
>In article <17680@cca.CCA.COM> jack@cca.CCA.COM (Jack Orenstein) writes:
>>According to Ali Ozer:
>>| If you want to expand above 1 Meg [on the Atari 1040ST],
>>| you need to start kludging things, and you can't go above 4 even with the
>>| biggest hacks.
>Jack, I think you've been somewhat misinformed by some obviously well-
>intentioned Amiga user.  True, the existing Ataris (520ST & 1040ST) cannot
>easily be expanded beyond 4 megabytes, but the new Mega STs are reportedly
>expandable to 16 megabytes.

[I don't want to start a religious war (they all say) but]

Misinformed and well-intentioned? 8-) I should put that in my finger plan...
I just said the 1040 could not be expanded beyond 4 Megs, and that's what you
seem to say. About the Mega ST --- You say "reportedly" --- You mean here's
a machine that was announced way before the A500 and A2000 and you don't
even know how much memory it can address? I even bet most people don't know
if they'll start shipping with blitters or not... 

In any case, with the 68020 additions to the Amiga (like the CSA stuff),
the maximum amount of memory attachable to the Amiga grows as well --- For
instance I just read in Amazing Computing that the CSA Turbo Amiga can 
accept upto 12 Megs of 32-bit memory internally alone. And this memory goes
above 68000's maximum address of 00ffffff. So if you're concern is Mega ST's
reported 16 Megs vs Amiga 2000's 9.5, then you should realize that the 68020
opens up a lot more possibilities. Of course the CSA Turbo Amiga
(and the various memory boards for it) are currently costly, but other
68020/68881 boards will drive prices down, way down, I'm sure. 

Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu