Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : esc
From : vorlon
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 23:24:20

Hi esc,

 > My A4000 needs a recap badly and there is some green fuzz in there,
 > can't say I'm thrilled about that. I tried to neutralize it with
 > alcohol and a toothbrush but it still seems to be on there. I wonder if
 > at some point it makes sense to pull the chips of the mobo and source a
 > reproduction PCB. Maybe that can come later.             

The fuzz will be under the chips and sockets. So more work is needed.

 > vo> It's now back and working 100%... I need to re-set her up, but
 > vo> have been playing with the A4000 & A3000 testing new linux
 > vo> kernel's...
 > 
 > You're using linux on your A4000 and A3000? Now I'm super curious lol.
 > What linux distro? What kernels? Is it on the stock 030/040 CPUs? How
 > well is other hardware chips, etc., understood by the kernel?

Yes. I've got Debian 11 installed on the A3000 as the main os, and the
A4000 changes between 3.1 and debian. The lastest working kernel is 5.15,
and I've been testing/reporting issues with the latter ones 5.18/5.19
crash due to a regression. Still working with the guys on the debian m68k
mailing list to sort it out.

Both machhines are running 68040's @ 40mhz, so slow is a understatement
compaired to todays machines.

 > vo> I've been watching "Chris Edwards Restoration" on youtube and
 > vo> what he has managed to recover has been amazing... 
 > 
 > Indeed, that guy is a machine. His videos are all very impressive.
 > Also, I think he made Pimiga which is super neat.

Perhaps contact him to get your board looked at?

 > vo> That's why I sent my boards away %-;  I just didn't want to risk
 > vo> making more of a mess, and with how much boards are going for even
 > vo> *IF* I could locate one... $-<
 > 
 > Yeah, it's a catch-22. I have recently begun picking up old
 > non-functional CRT monitors to try to restore since people just trash
 > them and typically it's something simple, but I've probably almost
 > electrocuted myself to death a half dozen times by now. Yeah, there's
 > a reason the experts are considered experts hehe.

I lost a C= 1084s at the start of the year. Cracked board, leaking caps,
dead HT, broken ring around the crt neck.... 



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


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