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Don, I'll have to look for another dealer AND make a complaint. I just tried to take the system back to the way I bought it (no AdRAM); when I powered up, the A501 smoked! I popped the shielding off, and found that C61 (a bypass cap near the middle…
Bill, I did take the power supply. The only thing I didn't was the monitor. A local shop has a 500 I could buy for parts for $100 or so; I think I might just get it and try swapping 'til it works! Boy, that $400 price drop on a…
Don, I did take the whole system in (less monitor), and it did finally happen there. The thing is, since they couldn't get it to happen EVERY time they tried it, they wouldn't even open it up! A friend of mine suggested also to change the keyboard (?) too, but…
A500 Problems
Message #36309
HELP! I'm having a strange problem with my A500. Whenever I eject a disk (99% of the time) Workbench locks up. This also happens when DF1: is disconnected. I've replaced the CIA's, but that only helped for a few days. I've been to a service center, but they couldn't get…
Mike, Thanks for the reply. I've heard a lot of negative comments on the Atari since I started asking about it. I think I'm sold on the A500. The only reason I wouldn't get it is if I couldn't hook up a hard drive to it; but I heard I…
#System Info
Message #6497
Hello! I'm in the process of choosing a new computer. I currently own a CoCo 3 and use OS-9. I really want to stick to a Motorola system, and therefore my choices are Amiga, Atari, and Macintosh. The Mac II seems kinda pricey at $5500, so I'm left with an…