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From: pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU.acc.virginia.edu (Pete Yadlowsky)
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Subject: A500 woes
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Date: 23 Sep 88 23:04:33 GMT
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I have a feeling this has already gone around, but I wasn't paying
attention. I'm using an A500 which exhibits some rather flakey
behaviour. My configuration is as follows: A500 with Microbotics
512K internal expansion (w/clock), Starboard 2 with 2M RAM and
a 2nd floppy drive.

When running with just the 512K internal expansion, the machine
crashes often and inexplicably. I figure either the board itself
is bad, or the power supply can't handle the load. (Seems to me
I recall hearing about problems with the power supply.) When
running with just the Starboard box the system seems quite a
bit more stable, though still takes a dive from time to time...
especially soon after power-up. When running bare-bones (except
for 2nd floppy), there seem to be no problems, but I need the
memory. Any insights or ideas? Please forgive me if this has
already been thoroughly hashed over. Many thanks for *any*
assistance.

Peter M. Yadlowsky
Academic Computing Center
University of Virginia
pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU