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On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 05:45:51 GMT Kristofer Clayton wrote
> 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).

First you should check that the floppy disk drive hasn't got some
fluff blocking the detection switch.
 
> 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?

No remove the battery immediately as the stuf that has leaked will
continue to leak and will eat its way through the board. 

> * Is it safe to just remove it and have none?

Not only should it be removed but you should carefully remove all
traces of the leaked stuff. While I am not sure what differance the
lack of the a battery will make except that the clock won't work.

> * Do I have to replace it?
Yep 
> * 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) ?

Good question, I think you can probably get away with swapping the
ROMs but not to sure about upgrading to ECS. You could look in Aminet
to see if anyone has carried out this type of hack before.

> 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.
> -----------------------------------------------
> 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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