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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Agnus for older B2000s
Message-ID: <7592@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 89 16:20:56 GMT
References: <134@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <134@crash.cts.com>, root@crash.cts.com (Super user) says:

> Network Comment: to #1369 by unland@cbmvax.UUCP

> You talk about the "Fat Agnus" or "Super Agnus".  Here in NJ, alot of talk
> about the new Agnus uses a different name.  Since the older 512k Agnus was
> called the Fat Agnus, we here call the new Agnus it's most logical derivative
> of "Obese Agnus".

Hey, not everyone from NJ is weird!  But then, you're from North Jersey; I
live down South in the swamp.

Actually, the term "Obese Agnus" is probably the least accurate.  The original
512K Chip RAM Agnus that manages 1 meg total, as found in all A500s and A2000s
initially, was called Fat Agnus because it was basically the original 48 pin
Agnus from the A1000 with a mess of glue logic all sucked into an 84 pin 
package, thus making it a "Fat" Agnus.  To call it Obese is really incorrect,
since it's not "fatter" by the original definition of "fat" than the original
Fat Agnus.  I think Commodore likes to call it Super Agnus, but I think that's
just because, for some reason, the word "Super" is in vogue among the chip
people here these days.  I always call it "1-meg Agnus" because that's the most
functional description, though I thought "Gordo Agnus" was kind of funny.

> --Bob
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