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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: WorkBench/kickstart 2.0 --> A2000 --> Denmark
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Date: 20 Apr 91 22:13:48 GMT
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In article <1991Apr16.213634.10586@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <1991Apr16.184812.816@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>>
>>  Don't expect to see any 2.0 ROMS in any Amigas for quite a while
>>now. They probably won't be available until June, in reality. I noticed
>>that the (well, my) a3000 does not have ROM sockets; it merely has
>>a space in the circuit board for the ROMS to be soldered in. And there are
>>two rom sockets; not just one. I was wondering if CBM plans to solder
>>the roms in or make conventional sockets for the roms...
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
>>           Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)
>>
>>                   Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.
>
>	Are you sure you are looking in the right spot? On my
>3000 there is this area with a "bundle" of something or other
>(proms?) stuck in what appear to be sockets. Those are the magic
>glue that allow the ROM to be loaded off disk. I can't actually
>SEE the sockets themselves, so I'm wondering what you're looking
>at.
>	-- Ethan
>
>Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
>A: None. It's a hardware problem.

  I remember seeing them under the power supplky somewhere, and they were
labeled 'ROM 0' and 'ROM 1'.


-- 
    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
           Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)

                   Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.