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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
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Date: 17 Aug 89 04:06:51 GMT
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> 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
  

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