med@druky.UUCP (DrapalME) (07/02/86)
I recently discovered a small piece of trivia regarding the 68ohm resistor debate and the 1 meg upgrade of the 520ST. Recently, I purchased a 520ST for a relative, and decided to do the upgrade to it as well (I have an older 520ST and have already upgraded it). Imagine my surprise when I opened up the new 520ST and discovered that the kind folks at Atari had "hacked" in the 68ohm resistors into the existing memory! And when I say "hacked", I mean that they cut traces and soldered the resistors directly to the ram chips. Now, I really don't know what this all means, except that Atari may have concluded that the resistors are useful. I *don't* think that it means that those of you that have un-modified 520's should open them up and put them in, but I do think that this indicates that if you are considering doing the upgrade, you should spend the extra $.59 and buy 6-68 ohm resistors. Myron Drapal AT&T Information Systems Denver, Co. (..!ihnp4!druky!med)