Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!cbmvax!daveh 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 Lines: 28 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 -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it