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From: davidc@pyr.gatech.EDU (David Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Hardware hacking (was 2000 keyboard on a 500)
Summary: An Amiga is a terrible thing to baste
Message-ID: <9469@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 26 Oct 89 18:00:16 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <9451@pyr.gatech.EDU> I wrote:
> No offense intended (really!) but please leave hardware hacking to experienced
> hardware hackers!

In article <8279@cbmvax.UUCP> valentin@cbmvax.UUCP (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>Oh? And just how does one become an experienced hardware hacker?

Perhaps I did end up sounding a little too harsh.  The point I wanted to make
was "don't learn on expensive hardware."  I started learning with chips and
protoboards whose total value was less than =a quarter= of what a replacement
Amiga keyboard costs...

(Besides, when the guy said 'Beware of programmers with screw drivers and
soldering irons, I couldn't resist  :-)


David Carter		davidc@pyr.gatech.edu