Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!well!farren From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A1000 Rejuvenator Project (POO POO ON C-A) Message-ID: <13109@well.UUCP> Date: 12 Aug 89 20:50:15 GMT References: <18566.24DF49E1@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <12400@s.ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 31 In article <12400@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >You know I made several queries to Commodore about using the new chips in >an A-1000. The replies I got said it was "impossible". I said "hey what if >I desolder some chips and do a little dirty work". "Still impossible." > >As time goes on, the more dissapointed I become with Commodore-Amiga. Either >they really don't know their machines, or they really just don't care about >us A1000 owners. 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. Second, I remember that debate, and what C/A said is that they would not be offering any such upgrade, as they felt that it would not be possible for them to offer an official upgrade with any hope of making it work reliably, be affordable, or be installable by either the dealer or the casual user without large risks of significant damage to the 1000 involved. As far as I can remember, nobody ever said that it was flat impossible. Such a statement would have been stupid - nothing is impossible, including hacking and slashing a 1000 motherboard until it is electrically identical to a 2000 motherboard. 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. -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.usa