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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help!  There's this little copper...
Message-ID: <2451@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 7 Feb 88 05:13:26 GMT
References: <2000@cadnetix.UUCP> <4467@ames.arpa>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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Summary: drag out the goat entrails...

In article <4467@ames.arpa> mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) writes:
>
>In article <2000@cadnetix.UUCP> childs@cadnetix.UUCP (David Childs) writes:
>>Help!  I was booting up my Amiga this morning (1000), and just when I was
>>about to put in my Workbench floppy I noticed this little piece of copper
>                                                                    ^^^^^^
>Gee, Isn't that the COPPER chip?? Those sneaky little guys, always trying
>get out when the have half a chance. That's why I always keep a disk in
>DF0:. Before I did that I caught my blitter halfway across the room heading
>for the pantry one morning (I think he was after the Rice Krispies).
>
>That's just one of those little things that the RKM doesn't tell you about.
>(You'd want to wonder around too if you were cooped up in a stuffly styrene
>box all you're life, eh?)
>
>Another is that the pixels need cleaning every 6 months or so. A soft
>toothbrush and a diluted mix of vineger and baking soda works pretty well.
>Although "PixelWipe" made by CleanTronics Inc. or "point-clean" from
>APC Enterprises are good products. There are ads for them in the latest
>issue of OverByte magazine.
>-- 

This man knows whereof he speaks. 

Also, many programs use "sticky bits". Well, this is just great, but
after your Amiga has run a couple of programs that use lots of sticky
bits, it tends to get clogged up, and can no longer run at 7.16 Mhz.

You will notice this by the disk drive making strange noises.

Luckily however, there is a cure.

	1) Remove the plastic cover.
	2) Remove the emi sheild
	3) Locate and identify the 68000
	4) remove it, noting carefully the orientation of the chip.
	5) Place the "sticky" 68000 in the diskwasher; use the
	   crystal setting, ans use only half the regular 
	   amount of cascade.
	6) Make sure you use Jet-Dry (tm) to prevent unsightly
	   spotting, as this will result in irregularly illuminated
	   pixels.
	7) Replace the 68000 back in it's socket, makeing sure you
	   put it in BACKWARDS from what it was before.
	   (After all, it got all gummed up last time, try it this
	    way and see what happens.

What ?  You think I'm gonna sign this ?