Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uccba!ucqais!ggibeau From: ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (George Gibeau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A1000 Rejuvenator Project (POO POO ON C-A) Summary: ECS and the Tibbs board Denise chip Message-ID: <1778@ucqais.uc.edu> Date: 17 Aug 89 04:06:51 GMT References: <18566.24DF49E1@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <12400@s.ms.uky.edu> <13109@well.UUCP> Organization: Univ of Cincinnati, College of Business Admin. Lines: 39 > Two points: first, the Tibbs board only implements the Gordo Agnus, not > the complete ECS - there is no indication that the new Denise will or will > not work in a 1000. > > The pricing I've seen for the Tibbs board seems to me to be pretty good > evidence that C/A was precisely correct in their evaluation of the > situation. The Tibbs board doesn't turn a 1000 into a 2000 - it just > provides a subset of the functionality of the 2000. And it does so at > a price which makes the whole thing attractive only to those who would > rather die than switch. As it stands now, Greg has ment the Rejuvinator card to be a COMPLETE replacement for the Amiga graphics sub-system - this includes the new 1-meg Agnus chip, the Paula chip gets moved, and also the new DEnise chip all goes on the board. The Denise chip should work in a stock 1000 but at limited graphics modes, BUT TIBBS BOARD WILL BE 100% ECS COMPATIBLE. And while the card does not turn a 1000 into a 2000, a lot of folks have no need to run a 2000 for what they do. I myself have a 1000 with 2 full-height drives as well as many hardware hacks on it, and it perfectly serves my needs. I also own 4 IBM's and do not therefore need the adaptability of the bridgecard, nor do I want to dump all the items I own for the 1000. I think the "rather die than switch" comment is a bit drastic - there may be (and probably is) other reasons than just stubborness involved, in fact there will be some options on Gregs board that will not be available on a 2000 (switchable ROM - Kickstart or ROM based - ie. 1.4 alpha disks can be tested before ROMs are out). Regards, George -- During the last year, more people have seen Elvis than have seen Amiga ads, BUT - this is changing for the better ;-) ;-) ;-) UUCP: ucqais.uc.edu!ggibeau BBS: (513) 721-7977 GT NODE: 006/005 US Snail-Dept of Biology ML 06, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221