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    04-May-87 17:50:05
Fm: RALPH LANDRY 72416,2051
To: E. J. Lippert II 71330,2365

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E.J. Dean Brown suggests that you change the size of that capacitor to a smaller value than what it currently is. When you install the 1.2 ROMS in a machine the power up cycles are radically changed. With the large cap that you use it is possible that it is s l o w to charge and misses the boat when the 1.2 is ready to see who's home on the buss. Now taking the cap out completly may work on some machines, but may also make other ones really flaky, why? well the 4502 would not get reset and no refresh would happen which would make memory very hard to use. This is just a theory and possible fix to the problem. -Ralph Michigan Software