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From: bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 1000 - PAL Pin 10 Grounding Gripe
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Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 22:30:49 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  3 22:30:49 1987
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Ever since I expanded my A1000 2 months or so ago with a 2Meg Micron board and
20Meg Supra hard drive I've experienced various gurus/crashes that have been
attributed partly if not completely to the PAL (timing?) chips.  I replaced
the "so called" affected PALs causing expansion port trouble with the
faster/better variety prior to using the expansion port but this seems not to
be enough.  Through Supra I learned that ALL the PALs have floating pin 10s
that should be grounded.  And I asked them to send me info on this operation
along with a new Supra driver program disk - all of which I am still waiting
for 3 weeks later.
 
That's the background...  If anyone has information explaining how to do this
grounding I would appreciate reading it either here or U.S. Snail:
 
Bill Daggett
1108 E. Imperial Av., Apt. B
El Segundo, CA  90245
 
And I thank you in advance very much.  My gripe is that if Commodore knows
that these pin 10s are not grounded and that the health and well being of my
computer has probably been suffering for it WHY can't they make it "official"
in some way with details on how the user can get their machines fixed - either
take it to a dealer or "do-it-yourself"?  Or have my eyes and ears been closed
up tight?  GRIN...  I hope that Commodore can discover a way of communicating
with Amiga users better -- please bear in mind and respect that I am not a
hacker/programmer type but an end user.
 
If there was to much flame there it is all off now.
 
*Bilbo*  Recombinant Hobbit
* Sometimes The Dragon Wins! *