[comp.sys.amiga.misc] Installing 1.3 Chip in A500

kuchar@buast7.bu.edu (Tom Kuchar) (05/24/91)

I just ordered the 1.3 ROM chip for my 500.  The mail order place
does not supply documentation with the chip, however.  Is it fairly
obvious where the chip is to be installed?  Anyone willing to share
some pointers with me?

Thanks.

Tom Kuchar
kuchar@buast7.bu.edu
Department of Astronomy
Boston Univerity

jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) (05/26/91)

I haven't had mine open for a while, but most of the chip names are printed
on the board and I think the ROM is too.  That is, "ROM" should be printed
above (below?) the socket with the 1.2 ROM in it.  Standard precautions
apply -- make sure you're grounded (or at least discharged), and make sure
you plug the chip in the right way (the way the old one was.)

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