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Re: 1meg upgrade killer

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From: Steve Tynor
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1986 18:04
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In article <8601040742.AA05555@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> ugjohna@BUFFALO.CSNET (John Arrasjid) writes:
>For those of you who read the article in net.micro.atari about upgrading to
>1meg of memory on the ST, DON'T!!!! 

I guess I was a lucky one.  I've upgraded to 1Meg and everything worked
right the first time.  I have to disagree about the clarity of Gert's
instructions.  I found them very easy to follow, providing step-by-step
guidance through the procedure.  My guess is that you fried a DRAM (they're
**very** intolerant of static electricity...  Did you ground yourself to a
local ground every time you handled them?   

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From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: 1meg upgrade killer
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Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 13:04:15 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  4 13:04:15 1986
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