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From: me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Starboard question
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Date: 12 Jan 89 21:58:47 GMT
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In article <11300003@hpfclr.HP.COM> guest@hpfclr.HP.COM (Guest account) writes:
>
>     I am tending to lean toward a starboard 2 memory expansion for my
>amiga, but I had someone tell me that he had trouble with his.  Can 
>anyone let me know if this is a general problem on the A-1000?  Is the
>starboard reliable?
>
>     Doug Quarnstrom

The starboard is a good device.  There are only 2 minor difficulties I have
heard from people with them.  ( I have had no problems )

1)  As is true with any A1000 expansion devices, you may need to ground your
pal chips, expecially for 2+ devices.

2)  For the hurricane board or other power guzzlers, some people have needed
to put filter caps on the power pin to their starboards to get the accelerators
to work.

other than these minor points, no worries!

Before you buy, however;  I will be acquiring a new 2meg expansion board for
the 1000 in the near future, and will be selling it for a little over the 
cost of the chips, if you or anybody else are interested.

-Vincent H. Lee