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- From: tg14@delphi.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 3.1 Kickstart in Rev. 5 A500
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 96 12:47:21 -0500
- Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
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- X-To: Mark Kummerer <kummerer@ionews.io.org>
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- Mark Kummerer <kummerer@ionews.io.org> writes:
-
- >In article <4djhdq$f32@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, <rayrob@freenet.ufl.edu> wrote:
- >>I decided to upgrade my wife's A500 with a 3.1 ROM. I had previously
- >>done this with my A2000 with good success. The A500 won't boot up with
- >>the new ROM though. I have jumpered pins 1 and 31 as the instructions
- >>directed.
-
- I too have had the same problem upgrading my Rev. 5 to 3.1. Today in desperation
- I removed the 3.1 ROM and was able to restore my old 1.2 Amiga to health
- Unfortuanly while removing the 3.1 ROM pin 40 broke off. Does this mean the
- 3.1 ROM is trash???? And even though its too late how does one 'jumper' pin 1
- to pin 31????? I suspect the instruction were less than complete. If soldering
- or trips to a service centre (which central London seems to have none of) was
- required I would never have forked out the 96 quid for the upgrade in the first
- place.
- got any advice pour moi??
-