Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh
From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2000 Owners Relax (WAS: Re: 2000 owners beware!)
Message-ID: <3178@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 22:54:51 GMT
References: <8060001@nucsrl.UUCP>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <8060001@nucsrl.UUCP>, gore@nucsrl.UUCP (Jacob Gore) says:

> J.HILL's posting implies that there was something that looked like a
> broken-off pin in the corresponding hole in the socket.  If that's the case,
> then his deduction was very reasonable.

His deduction was OK, based on a sample of one.  However, unless you're an
expert (and even maybe if you are), such a deduction should not be treated
with such alarm.  And as someone else mentioned, a quick check of the INCLUDED
schematics would have shown that pin to be a key.

After sampling a number of A2000's, that conclusion was a bad one.  Certainly
not sure enough to start a panic.

> I have recently dealt with cables where the socket slot corresponding to the
> missing (keying) pin was filled with plastic.  No problem, no panic.

If, as you've say above, you've dealt with these pins, you should know very
well that they don't shear off.  They can bend, and even occasionally break
from fatigue, but they're not brittle enough to break like that.  And I
can't imagine one breaking accidently while the neighbors are untouched.  I've
drawn enough blood on pins like there to know their characteristics.  A person
who doesn't know anything about them should learn more.  There's a difference
between drawing a conclusion and jumping to one.

> It seems to me that whoever made this connection brought this on themselves.

It seems to me that anyone not qualified to install floppy drive should get
someone else to do it for them.

> Jacob Gore				gore@EECS.NWU.Edu
> Northwestern Univ., EECS Dept.		{gargoyle,ihnp4,chinet}!nucsrl!gore
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