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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Lucas Accelerator
Message-ID: <11017@gryphon.COM>
Date: 21 Jan 89 12:09:21 GMT
References: <6731@louie.udel.EDU> <27557@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5710@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <5710@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>In article <27557@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student) writes:
>>While we're on the subject of the Lucas board, I just buit mine today.
>>It works just fine, except when I plug in my Starboard/Stardrive!
>>
>>I've heard of problems with the starboard putting noise on the power
>>supply lines, an thought I had fixed the prob with a filter capacitor.
>
>	Have you tried the PAL-grounding trick?  The Starboard is pretty
>low-load, but with the extra load of the Lucas, and the high-noise on the
>signal lines, things may get too low/noisy.  Your needing an "F" part instead
>of an "ls" part may also be a symptom of this.
>
>Grounding the pals should reduce the noise, and may make the starboard work.
>See any number of magazine articles on grounding pals.
>
>-- 
>Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup

There is a working solution posted on BIX anakin.1. It involves placing 
terminators on the bus on about 11 signals. (If I remember the posting
correctly.) Seems the Amiga bus is a bit too noisey without it.

-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.