phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (01/15/90)
[Line eater eater] A Request of the Folks at Commodore-Amiga: If you do anything with the hardware this year, PLEASE: -> MAKE THE CIA CHIPS MORE DURABLE! <- I powered up my personal Amiga tonight (as opposed to the others in the house which are not mine) and tried to call in; when I saw too many lights light up on the modem, I knew immediately: another dead CIA chip. This is my THIRD dead Commodore CIA chip, and this is one of those tricks that gets old Really Quickly. I shouldn't have to replace an I/O chip every six months. (Or reseat Fat Agnus either, but extra bracing took care of that problem eventually.) And if anybody wonders, yes, I checked to make sure the modem hadn't blown up. I'm using it right now, on another Amiga. I also tried one of the other smartmodems on my system; too many lights. The malfunctioning chip is constantly sending characters out the serial port; basically the same thing that happened the most recent other time, only before it got the parallel port and I couldn't print any manuscripts for a week. This is a big problem when you publish a magazine, even if amateur. :-( Anyway. I don't know what can be done about this problem, but surely SOMETHING can. I'm sick of ordering replacement CIAs; I'm starting to feel as though I'm going to have to keep a personal stock. Thank you for your time, - R'ykandar. -- | R'ykandar Korra'ti, Editor, LOW ORBIT | phoenix@ms.uky.edu | CIS 72406,370 | | Elfinkind, Unite! | phoenix@ukma.bitnet | PLink: Skywise | QLink: Bearclaw |