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Hello Steve, the chip shortage reason makes sense. Why put in a socket with associated labour costs if you don't need to. After all, we all know how competitively priced the A4000 is (g). Both chips are bus drivers, but isn't one inverting and the other non-inverting ? Fred

Hello, on the A4000 motherboard, underneath the CPU card, there is an IC socket which contains a 74HCT244. I read somewhere that if you were having troubles with expansion cards, replacing this IC with a 74F240 may improve matters. I have a Emplant card and a Piccolo SD64 video board…

Hello John, thanks for your reply. I've 2 other Zorro cards which work with no problems. I've tried the GoldenGate with these cards unplugged and in different slots, but no change. Today I borrowed a Amiga 2000 and tried that, and again the board is not recognized. This may not…

Hi, Does anyone know if the Vortex GoldenGate 80386SX AT-Emulator for the Amiga 2000/3000 works in an Amiga 4000 ? I saw one last Saturday in my local computer store and couldn't resist buying it. Unfortunately the zorro bus auto configuration doesn't seem to work, as both the start-up board…

Hello Sean, Have noticed that you're trying to find Kingmaker. I have just seen the May/June catalogue from a U.K. mail order company that lists it. The company is:- Special Reserve P.O. Box 847, Harlow, Essex, CM21 9PH U.K. Their phone number is 01279 600204, Fax is 01279 726842 The…

I had a similar problem using "The Works". It looked like a foreign language, and was the same each time. I never solved it, but a friend said he had. I think he said that he appended *ANSI to his user ID when he logged in, eg 75546,3516*ANSI. I finally…

I cannot get Operation Crusader to work on the Emplant Mac emulation, so far the only program I've had any trouble with. Has anyone had any success, and if so with what configuration ? Fred