CompuServe Messages

Gayle, I un-soldered the rightmost female slot (where the bboard normally sits) from the Amiga motherboard. Got 2 new XT slots wired together with leads going under this bboard slot to the 62 pins. Re-installed this group of 3 XT slots back onto the Amiga motherboard. There is about 1/8 inch gap under this bboard slot where wires could fit easily. The 2 extra XT slots are anchored to the backwall with 3/8 inch metal standoffs, so in essence, they are floating above the Amiga motherboard (between the bboard and the power supply). This was done a couple of weeks ago. This better method replaced the setup whereby I had ground down the top plastic of the bboard slot, exposing the 62 tips. The 2 XT's were wired to the tops of the exposed tips. This worked for a couple of years, until recently, when I had put the bboard back in, and 2 tips got caught and were pushed down to the bottom of the slot! After pulling them back straight, I found my TrueVision Vista board to start displaying weird video activity. At this point I knew there was going to be more connection problems. I then decided I would try to remove the bboard slot right off from the Amiga motherboard, and make any connections to the pins under the plastic. This way the tips aren't mucked with. This method was a lot easier than the first. Grinding off the plastic from the top of the slot to expose the tips, with a Dremel tool was not a piece of cake. With this newer method, the hardest part is first removing the rightmost XT slot off the Amiga motherboard. Un-soldering the 62 pins was easy once I decided to use compressed air to blow the molten solder thru the motherboard (which then piled up onto the back of the XT slot). Once all the pins were loose, one pulls the slot off the motherboard. Just use a xacto knife to scrap off the caked solder. With patience and soldering skill and 12 hours, anyone could do it 🙂 Ken Cooper – Vancouver