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From: mcmahan@netcom.UUCP (Dave Mc Mahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: games & multitasking
Message-ID: <13000@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jun 90 01:11:33 GMT
References: <90159.131952LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET> <21524@estelle.udel.EDU> <90160.152619LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET>
Organization: Dave McMahan @ NetCom Services
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 In a previous article, LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:
>Last time I check, Paula was about $60 and 8520 was about $15 a piece.  Both
>of them are not user installable.  The replacement labour cost might range from
>$25 to $50.  That's the reason why I say I would sue any copy protection that
>damage my machine. (about 3 times already).

I don't have first hand knowledge of Paula, but I paid $20 (plus tax) for the
8520 CIA and plugged it in myself.  All I needed was a phillips head screwdriver
and the knowledge of which chip was CIA-A and which was CIA-B (there are two
8520 chips in the amiga, I only smoked one of them).  It took about 15 minutes.
I have an A2000.  It seems that Paula would be about as simple to replace.
I did this replacement about 1 week ago.

By the way, blowing up the CIA chip was entirely my fault, and I take full
credit/responsibility  for doing it.


   -dave