rspine@cor3.pica.army.mil (Bob Spine) (02/07/89)
Equipment: Amiga 1000, 512K Last week, while playing Pacman, my four year old managed to impart a shock to the joystick plugged into Port 2. It seems that his newest pair of slippers and the rug in my family room work very well together in the generation of static electricity. As a result of this ZAP, I have lost control of the Port. The machine seems to think that the Joystick is always pushed forward and the fire button is down- even if no joystick is present. All other functions work OK. This is a problem only if the program you wish to use looks for input from Port 2. Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Paint and other type programs that do not look for input from Port 2 work normally. Given the fact that I do not have the equipment or knowledge to fix this problem myself can anyone give any hint as to what I may be faced with in terms of parts that need replacement and a projected cost? I contacted one local (Northern NJ) repair shop and was quoted a diagnostic fee of $50.00, applicable toward the repair. This sounds reasonable but I would feel a lot more comfortable with some idea of potential scope of the problem before I take the machine in. To avoid this type of thing happening again, does anyone have any experience with grounding mats/straps? Thanks, in advance Bob