stevens@inuxi.UUCP (W Stevens) (01/28/85)
> From: iltis@ucsbcsl.UUCP > Newsgroups: net.micro.mac > Subject: Digital Board Failure > Message-ID: <212@ucsbcsl.UUCP> > Date: 2 Jan 85 21:15:35 GMT > Date-Received: 4 Jan 85 18:53:32 GMT > Organization: U.C. Santa Barbara > Lines: 48 > > About a month and a half ago, I had my 128K Mac upgraded to 512K. > The digital board failed and I am having difficulties getting it > replaced promptly (the latest word is, a couple of weeks). The local > service people told me that they had just received an announcement from > Apple about some sort of problem with the 512K digital boards (They were not > willing to provide specifics) I would like to know from the net if other people have also encountered > 512K board failures, and if anything can be done to force Apple to replace the > defective boards promptly. > (Like overnight shipment of replacements or something) > > I have also encountered the disk trashing problem with the 512K machine. > Curiously, with the 128K machine (which I used for 3 1/2 months prior to the > upgrade) I never lost a file or a disk. Is there some problem inherent in the > 512K machine that causes trashed disks? > > If there are a lot of replies concerning premature board failures I will post > some sort of a summary. > > R.A. Iltis > UC Santa Barbara Dept. ECE Has anyone heard anything more about this? I was ready to upgrade my Mac to 512K, but I'd rather have a healthy Skinny Mac than a sick Fat Mac. -- Scott Stevens AT&T Consumer Products Indianapolis, Indiana, USA UUCP: inuxi!stevens