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From: Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: TOS 1.4 problems, here we go folks...
Message-ID: <22043@cup.portal.com>
Date: 10 Sep 89 20:02:59 GMT
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Went down to my 'local' ST store (70 miles) to have TOS 1.4 installed in
my Mega 2.  Came home, booted the system, trouble immediately.  Almost
NONE of my programs would run from the HD, some ran from floppies but
the machine was extremely erratic - bombing for no reason, rebooting for
no reason - programs would give TOS error 35 or -66.  WIth NeoDesk 2.05 I
got tons of Bus and Register errors.  You know what I believe the problem is?
I went from a 2 to the 6 ROM TOS set.  Six chips add extra load to the
circuitry which means the  LS273 chips are probably too weak to handle the
job and hence lots of Bus Errors as the Bus gets overloaded.  I'm calling
the dealer first thing Monday.  AFter a HD re-format I have most of my program
running, but the machine only stays up for 15-20 mins before a bomb.