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- From: mvdberg@nlr.nl (berg m. van den)
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- Subject: Re: Kickstart3.1 & A500 rev.5
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 11:51:44 GMT
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- Maarten Spoek (mspoek@zorro.ruca.ua.ac.be) wrote:
-
- : Hi,
-
- : I,m having trouble with my kickstart 3.1 and my A500 REV.5
- : The "manual" says to solder pin 1 & 31 together with a wire
- : ( the same as with kick2.0 ) and I did.
- : Plug the (EEP)ROM into the socket, switch the power on and.... nothing
- : happens. Only a black screen.
-
- : Please can somebody tell me what's wrong and what can be done about it.
- : I don't want to flush $100 down the drain (= price kick3.1)
-
- There seems to be a problem with the older REV. 5 boards, in which
- case not only pin1 should be connected to 31, but 31 must be out of
- the socket and connected to ?. It's to long ago, I can't remember.
- I thought it is pin 17 but I'm not sure.
- I had this problem when installing a 2.05! rom. Installing a 2.04 rom
- dit not give any problem
-
- Meindert van den Berg.
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