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docs/hard/500hacks.txt

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Short:Hardware hacks for the A500
Author:lae at mullauna.cs.mu.oz.au (Lewin EDWARDS)
Uploader:Ian Stedman (ICStedman techie com)
Type:docs/hard
Architecture:generic
Date:2000-08-04
Download:http://aminet.net/docs/hard/500hacks.txt - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/docs/hard/500hacks.readme
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Thius file contains a list of hardware hacks and useful information for all
Amigas and the A500 in particular.

Topics include

i. Serial Killer
	Problems with the serial port
ii. Floppy Hassles 
	How to cure them and how to align a disk drive (useful)
iii. Caps Lock Chaos
	Problems with the keyboard
iv. Bulimia of the Agnus
	Agnus chips and replacing them.
v.  Is My Jumper On The Line ?
	What the jumpers on the A500 motherboard do.
vi. Hol(e)y, Hol(e)y, Hol(e)y
	what the spare space on the A500 motherboard is for
vii. 1Mb of Motherboard Memory on the Rev. 5
	Guess?
viii. Double Trouble
	Adding a 14MHz 68010
ix. The Numbers Game
	Identifying PLCC chips
x. A Change Of Face
	More on Chip ID
xi. Snap, Crackle and Pop
	Ooops your monitor went bang.

There is also some genral PC repair advice. 

Visit my website at http://pages.zoom.co.uk/ian.stedman
where I am compiling Amiga repair info and hardware hacking info. 
 

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