AmiExpo Report
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<grin> <I hadda do it> Yeah, the first 500 we got in here, the supply was dead.
Since I had been inside the 500 out of curiosity before I even _tried_ to use
it, I wasn't reticent to dig into the power supply when it wouldn't run. It had
a broken pcb (not where it would electrically damage the supply) it had little
solder blobs rattling around inside and stuck to some components, the little
daughter boards are attached in such a way as to render the supply
unserviceable, and mechanical support fort the heat sinking on the power
devices was provided by the leads on a power-tab package. I was horrified to
see this… I put it down to CBM, again. The real techies get to design the
computer, because no one inside CBM proper has the know-how. (Evidenced by the
fact that the design evolved not at all over three years) I figure some bean
counter specified that particular piece of chip and we reaped the benefits.
–Ben–
That's disturbing. The local Amiga dealer here had exactly the same thing
happen to them (I don't know what percentage is involved.) E.g., a busted power
supply of poor construction.
The A500 is bound to be the "consumer" Amiga for a while due to its cost; I'd
had to see it messed up.
John,
According to Hazy, CBM did have some problems with one vendor, but that
was supposedly rectified (no pun intended).
Don