pgs@brunix (Peter Sarrett) (06/14/89)
What is this best way to upgrade a 520 to 1 meg? What equipment is needed, how must it be installed, how much would it cost, where could it be purchased, etc? I'm not sure that messages from this site are getting through to the net, so any reply, whether here or in mail, would be appreciated to let me know that the message is in fact getting through. Thanks. =============================================================================== Peter Sarrett | PO Box 439 | "Now, I've never been HIT pgs@cs.brown.edu | Brown University | by a ton of bricks..." uunet!brunix!pgs | Providence, RI 02912 | - Kevin Arnold pgs@browncs.bitnet | (401)831-4215 | The Wonder Years
zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk (F S Taylor) (07/22/89)
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zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk (F S Taylor) (07/22/89)
OOOOOOOPs there seems to have been a slight glitch, sorry about the empty posting earlier! :-) I did want to warn people of the dangers of a DIY upgrade (520 --> 1040). I did this very thing. The kit I bought was described in the mag as an easy project that anyone (with a little experience) could do. When the kit arrived it looked fine. In fact the fitting process seemed quite simple, if a little labourious. The problems came when I turned the machine on after re-assembling it. All I got was a blank black screen! After much probing I could not find anything wrong with it so off to the repairers it went. Eventually I got it back working with a full meg, phewww. The main problem with the kit was that you had to solder sockets onto the board. These sat so closely together that it was nigh on impossible to see if two pins had been soldered together (I suspect that this was the problem with mine). So, my advice to anyone trying to upgrade is, unless you *really* know what you are doing when you pick up a soldering iron, get it done by the dealer/upgrade supplier even if it costs 10-15 pounds more. It would have saved me ~40 pounds! Frank. -- | Frank Taylor | Engineers often ponder upon the problem... | | DoC 1 | Why do the girls with the most streamlined shape offer | | Imperial College | the most resistance? anon. | |--------------------+--------+-----------------------------------------------| | JANET: zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk | All rights unreserved. |