500 Upgrade Help Needed
08-Mar-92 13:27:08
Sb: #21272-500 Upgrade Help Needed
Fm: <David L. Gold> 73177,1161
To: KEN DUNHAM 76467,601
If you get the IDE and HD package (or just get the IDE), you will be unable
to use the ATonce IBM emulator.
IDE sits in the 68000 chip slot, and the 68000 sits on top of that.
ATonce sits in the 68000 chip slot, but has a new 68000 chip built in.
If you try to fit ATonce into the 68000 chip slot on the IDE, it won't fit
all the way in. The cable going from IDE to the HD sits up and prevents
the ATonce from fitting securely into the 68000 slot.
There is NO way to rectify this.
Also, if you have board rev6A of the Amiga, you can't use ATonce without
some soldering modifications.
I've found all this out the hard way.
<Dave>