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- From: heitkamp@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: New Buster in A4000
- Date: 13 Apr 1996 14:49:05 GMT
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- Kenneth Fribert (fribert@datashopper.dk) wrote:
-
- : As far as I can tell, Frank Russell wrote to Alle about 'Re: New Buster in A4000', my reply would then be...
-
-
- : >>I just upgraded from A3000 to A4000. In my A3000 I changed buster from
- : >>rev.7 to rev.11 just by changing the circuits. In my A4000 i noticed
- : >>that the buster was surface mounted and not in a socket.
-
- : >>So A4000 people who have changed buster, have you put a socket there
- : >>or what have you done? Please give me some advice before I start
- : >>to mess around in my A4000.
- : >There's no need to change the Buster in the A4000, so unless the original
- : >chip dies, you have no problems :-)
-
- : What? What planet did you come from :-) It's most necessary to upgrade the Buster to the newest revision if you want to use ZorroIII cards.
- : Get a professional repai shop to do the socket mounting, working with SMD is NOT for amateurs.
-
- Why is it most necessary? As I said in my previous post the only thing that
- is broken on the rev -09 Buster to my knowlege is the ZIII DMA. If you are
- not using a card that requires ZIII DMA, then you don't need to change the
- Buster. I know there are a couple cards that use ZIII DMA; the A4091, and
- the Cybervison card. What are the others? Are there any other bugs besides
- the ZIII DMA in the -09 Buster?
-
- Fred Heitkamp
-