CompuServe Thread

Paul, One caution….there was a message posted on UseNet a while ago that the "r" option to SetPatch was case sensitive and MUST be in lower case to work. That was the original version of SetPatch, later versions may not be case sensitive. Don

Paul, After installing the Obese One last night, I'd like to add a few things: 1) There appears to be a variation in the captive force between Agnus and her socket, between machines. A friend reported that his "popped out" pretty easily, and another said that he broke a jeweler's screwdriver trying to get his out. Mine was close to the latter. Before she finally ejected, there was the sound of crunching ceramic as the "special tool" tried to apply many pounds of force to a VERY tiny area on each corner of Agnus's underside under the tool's pins. I am convinced that if the chip hadn't yielded when it did, another second or two would have seen a broken socket, a busted tool, a fractured Scrawny Agnus, or several of the above. I work with IC's and sockets every day, and feel comfortable working with them up through PGA's. But I would not have attempted this if I had known how tight my particular socket was. I want to caution Amiga owners that there is a definite RISK here! If the socket in your machine is as tight as mine is, you could indeed do expensive damage to your machine. If it is as easy as Paul's seems to be, it is no harder an upgrade than the 1.3 chip was. 2) The cut that must be made to J500 is NOT in an isolated area. Raceways run past it immediately above and below the area, leaving scarcely more than 1/8" to scratch through the jumper. Be very careful and have <continued>

<continuation> plenty of light available. A continuity check is strongly recommended to no when to stop cutting, as Paul did. It's nice having the extra chip ram. I hope everyone gets theirs as soon as possible. Karl