jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu (08/03/89)
Everybody, in the wake of this discussion about Commodore being nasty about warranties, I'd like to mention an experience I just had with Spirit Technology. They make the Inboard 1000 which I have (1.5 meg ram internal for Amiga 1000, I think they have versions for other Amigae). I got it more than a year ago, and it died a while ago (I had left the computer on all day & when I came back the screen was yellow & the power light was blinking. We have bad power around here). I called them, and they said to send it back. Three days later, I got a call saying it had been fixed and was on the way back, UPS second day air. This was WELL out of the 90-day warranty. The charge? $9.50. That's right, NINE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS. This was for shipping... they didn't even charge me for parts (a chip had gone bad). Seriously though, these guys are great. If you ever need expansion memory, I wholeheartedly reccommend them. -- James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand, jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand" Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney Middletown, CT 06475
daly@hpdml93.HP.COM (John Daly) (08/07/89)
/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu / 10:06 am Aug 3, 1989 / Everybody, in the wake of this discussion about Commodore being nasty about warranties, I'd like to mention an experience I just had with Spirit Technology. They make the Inboard 1000 which I have (1.5 meg ram internal for Amiga 1000, I think they have versions for other Amigae). I got it more than a year ago, and it died a while ago (I had left the computer on all day & when I came back the screen was yellow & the power light was blinking. We have bad power around here). I called them, and they said to send it back. Three days later, I got a call saying it had been fixed and was on the way back, UPS second day air. This was WELL out of the 90-day warranty. The charge? $9.50. That's right, NINE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS. This was for shipping... they didn't even charge me for parts (a chip had gone bad). Seriously though, these guys are great. If you ever need expansion memory, I wholeheartedly reccommend them. -- James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand, jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand" Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney Middletown, CT 06475 ----------
daly@hpdml93.HP.COM (John Daly) (08/08/89)
/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu / 10:06 am Aug 3, 1989 /
Everybody, in the wake of this discussion about Commodore being nasty about
warranties, I'd like to mention an experience I just had with Spirit
Technology. They make the Inboard 1000 which I have (1.5 meg ram internal for
Amiga 1000, I think they have versions for other Amigae). I got it more than a
year ago, and it died a while ago (I had left the computer on all day & when I
came back the screen was yellow & the power light was blinking. We have bad
power around here). I called them, and they said to send it back. Three days
later, I got a call saying it had been fixed and was on the way back, UPS
second day air. This was WELL out of the 90-day warranty. The charge? $9.50.
That's right, NINE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS. This was for shipping... they
didn't even charge me for parts (a chip had gone bad).
Seriously though, these guys are great. If you ever need expansion memory, I
wholeheartedly reccommend them.
--
James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man,
jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand,
jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand"
Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney
Middletown, CT 06475
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James,
It just so happens that I'm currently in the market to
buy a memory expansion board for my A1000 and I notice your
posting. Would you be so kind as to give me info, spec's priceing
etc ? I notice that your board was 1.5 Meg are the other
configurations ? Thanks in advance...
John Daly
daly@hpdml93phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson) (08/09/89)
------deleted stuff------ >That's right, NINE DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS. This was for shipping... they >didn't even charge me for parts (a chip had gone bad). >Seriously though, these guys are great. If you ever need expansion memory, I >wholeheartedly reccommend them. >-- >James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, >jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand, >jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand" >Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney >Middletown, CT 06475 >---------- I'd like to pay my respects to the guys at Spirit Technologies. I have used an insider (early ZIP version) for over a year and a half. I have had only two problems. One was my fault when installing ram and the second was mother natures fault ( really mine for operating during a storm 8-( ) that stopped my clock. Both times the people a Spirit Tech bent over backwards to help. In the first instance they fixed the board and returned it within two days. The second time they sent a disk with a program to test and kickstart the clock (The clock chip they use has a long term storage feature to preserve the clock battery. Ma nature gliched earth and set the store bit in the clock). I ran the program and the clock has worked fine since. I guess you could say (PUN ALERT) my Ami took a lick'n and kept on tick'n. -- Philip E. Johnson UUCP: usenet!ingr!b3!sys_7a!phil MY words, VOICE: (205) 772-2497 MY opinion!
jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu (08/09/89)
> > James, > It just so happens that I'm currently in the market to > buy a memory expansion board for my A1000 and I notice your > posting. Would you be so kind as to give me info, spec's priceing > etc ? I notice that your board was 1.5 Meg are the other > configurations ? Thanks in advance... > > John Daly > daly@hpdml93 (Email bounced) It's completely internal, and has a battery backed clock. It is auto-configure, and has three 512k banks of chips (you can expand it in blocks of 512k for those of us, like me, who are poor & can't afford 1.5 meg of chips at once). I presently have 1 meg in mine. It's available for around $200 from discount mail-order sort of places. That's how I got mine. (That is with no memory). It uses 41256 drams (150 ns or faster)-- 16 per bank, 48 for full 1.5 meg. These are now available for around $5 each (pick up a Computer Shopper magazine-- lots of chip suppliers advertise there). You can buy it with various amounts of chips alread on it, but it's probably cheaper to buy them yourself separately. Installation involves removing the 68000 chip, putting this thing in its place, putting the chip back in on top of this, and connecting two jumpers. YOu don't have to solder them but it's probably a good idea. Oh, you should also ground several of the PAL chips on the kickstart daughterboard for peace of mind. (YOu should do this anyway, whether or not you get memory expansion!) There are complete instructions. If you are not very handy with the soldering iron I would advise getting someone who likes to poke around in their computer to do it for you (I'm no expert, but it wasn't difficult). Anyway, if you want to talk to them: Spirit Technology 220 West 2950 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 (801) 485-4233 good luck. It's really a first class piece of hardware, and their service can't be beat. -- James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand, jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand" Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney Middletown, CT 06475
bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) (08/09/89)
In article <420@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >Installation involves removing the 68000 chip, putting this thing in its place, >putting the chip back in on top of this, and connecting two jumpers. YOu don't >have to solder them but it's probably a good idea. One thing other Spirit Inboard owners might want to try when connecting the jumpers is soldering two little pins to the top of the daughterboard where the jumpers connect (ie. on the solder side of the pins you are supposed to connect the jumpers to ). This makes it _Very_ easy to attach them. It is a pain in the ass to attach those jumpers down under the board, and when you are doing it over and over ( like, say, while testing a LUCAS board ) it gets quite frustrating. Don't solder the jumpers right on. Makes for a rough time taking it out. Just something I thought of while in a soldering frenzy one day.... :-) Oh, ya, this would probably void your warranty! :-) :-) :^) -- = Blair MacIntyre, bmacintyre@watcgl.{waterloo.edu, UWaterloo.ca} // = = now appearing at the Computer Graphics Lab, U of Waterloo! \X/ = = "There's nothing the matter with BR that a shot gun blast wouldn't fix" cge = = "It's not my fault, fatboy!" - Felder, pilot of TL Student Driver On Board =
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (08/13/89)
In Message <6075@ingr.com> phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson) writes: >I'd like to pay my respects to the guys at Spirit Technologies. I have used >an insider (early ZIP version) for over a year and a half. I have had only ^^^^^^^ The "INSIDER" is made by Michigan Software. The "INBOARD" is made by Spirit Technologies. The name "INSIDER" is their (Michigan Software) product name it has since however been used as a generic term to describe the internal type of memory expansion unit(s). Michigan Software however was the 1st to sell such an item. Im not connected with Michigan Software except as a happy user of an "INSIDER". So consider this message as. Sneakers PS: This is not an attack on Paul, I just happened to use his message to help make my point. Oh yea, No I don't ask for a "Kleenex", I ask for a "Tissue" :-) -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers