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From: kasper@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Kasper Osterbye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 reliability -- survey results (LONG)
Message-ID: <2760@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 11 Mar 88 09:06:25 GMT
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Reply-To: kasper@csli.UUCP (Kasper Osterbye)
Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U.
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Keywords: A500, survey

Hi,

I participated in the story, had a loose chip. I have now for a week 
been using a FAT a500. I broke down and got the subsystem from Pacific
Peripherals, and plugged in a 2MB board, giving me a total of 3MB.

The following is the story. Went to the dealer to pick it up friday,
came home, and it did not work. Called the dealer, who said he would
look into it. He called back later friday, saying that they had set up
system like mine, and got the same problem. They would get hold on 
Pacific Peripherals. He called saturday, that there was a missing ground
in the subsystem. I went down monday to have them insert the ground fix.
Came home, and it did not work. Took the subsystem, and the computer
down again tuesday. We tried a number of combinations of 2MB board,
subsystem and computer. Finally the dealer put the chips in the a500
back in place, and I went home, and it seems to run just fine. I think
I have a dealer who cares that my stuff works, and I like that. I dare
not think about what I would have gone through it I had bourght it mail
order. 

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