Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!nosc!crash!orbit!pnet51!koleman From: koleman@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Koller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: help on installing 1meg agnus ... Message-ID: <3315@orbit.cts.com> Date: 13 Oct 90 11:35:35 GMT Sender: root@orbit.cts.com Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN. Lines: 60 PAL/NTSC Switch. Someone please post this to some FTP plavce or whatever... How to install the NSTC / PAL switch into your Amiga 2000 =========================================================== This modificiation will work on a default NTSC or PAL A2000. First off take the cover off your machine and remove the drive and Power supply chassis ( disconnect the power supply and the disk drive ribbon cable from the motherboard...make sure you remember which end of the cable goes to which pins!!! ). Then remove the whole unit from the machine and set it aside... A. Now look for the FAT AGNUS chip on the motherboard, it should say FAT LADY near the chip....now check the number on top of the chip, You MUST have the new 1 Meg Agnus (Super Agnus part #8372). B. Move motherboard jumper J300 from the factory default position of pins 1-2 to pins 2-3. This jumper is located under the power supply. C. Locate jumper PADS (no pins) labeled J102 and cut a trace between the 2 pads. BE CAREFUL!! The pads are located right next to the AGNUS on the left hand side ( if you are PAL default no need to cut the trace..since PAL is already cut) D. Mount a SPST switch in a convient place on the outside of the Amiga, perhaps next to the power on LED. E. Run 2 wires from the switch to the 2 pads of J102 (1 wire to each pad). That's it. With the switch closed (on position), you'll boot in NTSC. With the switch in the open position (off), you'll boot in PAL. NOTE: Most monitors will only require a minor adjustment in vertical sync and/or size to work in this manner. Composite monitors will NOT work. You must re-boot for the change to take effect, since the jumper is only checked at power-up. If you have problems with Genlocks that go in the video slot, run a SPDT switch to the J300 jumper to allow you to switch timing between Power supply and Video section sources. Call my BBS - Alt-3 - (612) 228-0127 Koleman Don't call the BBS. Kurt "Koleman" Koller - amdahl!bungia!orbit!pnet51!koleman