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Article #3965Re: games & multitasking
From: Dave Mc Mahan
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 1990 01:11
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 1990 01:11
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In a previous article, LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes: >Last time I check, Paula was about $60 and 8520 was about $15 a piece. Both >of them are not user installable. The replacement labour cost might range from >$25 to $50. That's the reason why I say I would sue any copy protection that >damage my machine. (about 3 times already). I don't have first hand knowledge of Paula, but I paid $20 (plus tax) for the 8520 CIA and plugged it in myself. All I needed was a phillips head screwdriver and the knowledge of which chip was CIA-A and which was CIA-B (there are two 8520 chips in the amiga, I only smoked one of them). It took about 15 minutes. I have an A2000. It seems that Paula would be about as simple to replace. I did this replacement about 1 week ago. By the way, blowing up the CIA chip was entirely my fault, and I take full credit/responsibility for doing it. -dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!netcom!mcmahan From: mcmahan@netcom.UUCP (Dave Mc Mahan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: games & multitasking Message-ID: <13000@netcom.UUCP> Date: 11 Jun 90 01:11:33 GMT References: <90159.131952LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET> <21524@estelle.udel.EDU> <90160.152619LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET> Organization: Dave McMahan @ NetCom Services Lines: 19