Some small hints
By Rumrunner/VOID
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This is a compilation of some small hints, which you might find useful.

- Ever tried to load a file in an old program, just to find out that the
  requester only wants to show dirlists from DF0: and DF1:  ?
  This might be bothersome if you have the file you want to load on
  harddrive, but there's an easy solution to this. Simply assign DF1: to
  the directory where the file is. If you need to assign it to DF0: you can
  do this by turning off DF0: in the early startup control.


- Maybe you have an Amiga 1200 which doesn't work good with a processor
  card. Then you should check if you have motherboard revision 1.d.4 with
  budgie version -01. If you have, then you can fix this problem by
  removing E123C and E125C from the motherboard. They are located at the
  back of the motherboard (the side that is facing down), and they are
  very small. I tried this on my computer, and since then, everything
  has worked fine. But don't blame me if something goes wrong on your
  computer. Also, if you have another budgie version -02 on the same
  motherboard or motherboard revision 2B then you have to perform some
  other modifications as well to make it all work. I cannot write anything
  about this, as I never have looked at it myself.

- The Elbox tower case for Amiga 1200 is a really nice case which I have
  had for some years now. I'm very satisfied with it, but I experienced
  one problem. Many peripherals meant for the standard Amiga 500 and
  1200, such as samplers or digitizers simply won't fit into the parallell
  port, because the opening is too narrow. I solved this by getting a
  switchbox. This also makes it easier to plug in something else, as I
  don't have to dig deep behind the desk to reach the port.

- While on the subject of tower cases. If you have experienced bad sound
  after fitting the computer into a tower case, make sure that the sound
  outlets are not touching ground, that is touching the metal case.
  Use the plastic sheet from the bottom of the standard desktop case of the
  Amiga 1200 if you have it. The Elbox manual stated that it was enough to
  put a small piece just under the sound outlets, but I places the sheet
  under all of the motherboard and I have never had any sound problems.

- Watch out if you get a power supply with a blown fuse. I got one of these
  from a computer they had thrown out from my father's workplace. Great,
  I though. This one has got more outlets than the one in my tower case,
  so I changed the fuse, and mounted the power supply in the case.
  It worked very well for quite some time, but then, the screen went black
  and the computer made some strange noises. I thought that the whole
  computer had taken an everlasting vacation, but when I regained
  motivation some weeks or months later, and opened the case, I put back
  the new power supply which I had got with the tower case, and amazingly
  enough, everything worked.


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