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- From: Pontus Berg <Pontus.Berg@p71.anet.canit.se>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 96 19:57:12 +0100
- Subject: A Hacker's Question..
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- In a message of 01 Jan 96 Robert Reed wrote to All:
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- RR> Grounding pin 2 by connecting it to pin 6 does the trick. I plugged
- RR> an extra cable into the drive, and used a screwdriver, but a switch is
- RR> probably a better idea.
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- I've had a cart for ages so I don't actually use the paperclip solutions, but
- the mag I used to work for published the hint to connect pin 1 and 3 of the
- userport. Lots of servicecenters sent flowers as so many accidentally missed
- (pin 1 and 2 I believe) and blew their 6526'es, leading to a major rush for new
- ones! :-)
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- /Pontus Berg, Bacchus@FairLight.COM
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- ... MicroSoft, as good as AIDS!
- (Pontus)
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