🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi All

I don't usually read this group, but I have something important that
has came up.

I have an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 500+, rev 6A and 8A motherboards
respectively. The Amiga 500 has a still good DF0: drive, but the
A500+'s internal floppy drive is starting to screw up (eg. constantly
thinks I am putting in and/or taking disks out of it).

So I go to exchange the drives, as I don't use the A500 (original) any
more, seeing as I can do everything on the 500 plus =)

Disaster!

Upon opening the A500+'s case and the shielding, I see the battery! It
has leaked a bit and has touched one of the data path chips, changing
it's pins to green. This Amiga still does go, and I have put my A500's
A501 memory exp + clock into it, so I am wondering what to do:

* Now that the battery has leaked, is it save to leave it there?
* Is it safe to just remove it and have none?
* Do I have to replace it?

* If the worst comes to the worst, and the Amiga dies, what chips can
I transfer into the A500 original to make it work like a Plus (eg, ECS
and WB2.04) ?

Any help on the matter would be appreciated. At the moment I am not
too sure what to do =(

I will check this newsgroup every few days, but I would be happy if
help would be sent in by e-mail... either to the below address or to
my posting address minus '.invalid'

Thank you.
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Kristofer Clayton, Gisborne, New Zealand
Sysop of Atlantis Point BBS (3:774/121.0)
E-Mail: KJClayton(at)geocities.com. ICQ 1714290
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