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From: rtuley@pro-party.cts.com (Richard Tuley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A500 Hardware
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Date: 26 Nov 90 23:16:04 GMT
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I've been reading this area for a while now, and I've got a
couple of questions I'd like to toss upon the waters.  Both
questions are about the A500 hardware.  I have an A500 with
the A501 memory expansion, and a Trumpcard 500 enclosure.
Here are the questions:
 
1. The clock in the A501 has an intermittent problem with
dropping the first digit of the time of day.  What I mean
by that is if the actual time is 5 pm (17:00), the board
would set the time at boot up to 7 am (07:00).  In other
words, when the problem happens the clock is ten hours
behind the actual time.  There isn't any trouble _finding_
the clock, and it doesn't happen every time.  It usually
gets it right rather than screwing up, but I'd like to
get this working right if it's not some major problem.
Has anybody else had this happen or know the cause/cure?
 
2. How many watts does the "brick" power supply of the A500
provide?  And on a related note, how many watts do the "heavy
duty" power supplies I see advertised by the mailorder houses
provide?  I'm sure the different ones available will have
different numbers, but give me some idea.  I've heard that
the power supply in the A500 is underpowered, and that you
can burn it out without too much effort.  I haven't had any
trouble with this one in the year that I've had it (bought
the A500 last December).
 
That's it.  Two simple questions that I simply don't have the
answers to.  :-)
 
 
RT
 
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