#A500 & 1 MB Agnus
23-Sep-90 00:54:28
Sb: #838-#A500 & 1 MB Agnus
Fm: MicroSearch/Greg White 72230,1617
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
Excuse me, Don, but I don't think you have been listening TO me.
I have never said that I was going to continue doing the upgrades since
Dave's posting of several days ago. (Altho I don't really make that
decision, the boss does.)
I have, however raised questions concerning –
1. Why we are only now receiving 'official' notice of this change?
2. Why if this was an unofficial upgrade, did we receive it in the same
form as the other 'official' upgrades, i.e. Rev. 4.x to 4.5 motherboard
upgrade, loss of keystroke on old keyboards, DMA fix on U605, and
replacement of Motorola 68000 with Signetics version?
3. Why if the A500 mod is unofficial and the A2000 mod is official, did we
never receive a separate 'official' upgrade notice on the A2000 by
itself?
4. What about the customers who had this mod done in good faith by an
authorized dealer? Is CBM now saying they have no warranty?
5. What about the people who bought the early shipments of the 500P's with
the 1 meg Agnus enabled? If they bring a 500P in, can I do a warranty
repair on it, or do I have to turn them in to CBM? (I can see no
difference between these factory modified machines and the dealer ones.
They all have the same 2 trace cuts and 1 solder bridge with no
revision change or sticker that I can find.)
6. Why if this is such well-known knowledge, has our local CBM rep from
Austin (in Houston today, 22 Sep 1990, for a show/sale at our store)
heard nothing about this (He said he'd look into it)?
Greg
Greg White / MicroSearch 72230,1617
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