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00000000: 20 20 20 20 20 20 3D 3D 20 3D 3D 20 3D 3D 20 46 | == == == F| 00000010: 72 6F 6D 20 2D 20 6C 61 65 40 6D 75 6C 6C 61 75 |rom - lae@mullau| 00000020: 6E 61 2E 63 73 2E 6D 75 2E 6F 7A 2E 61 75 20 28 |na.cs.mu.oz.au (| 00000030: 4C 65 77 69 6E 20 45 44 57 41 52 44 53 29 20 3D |Lewin EDWARDS) =| 00000040: 3D 20 3D 3D 20 3D 3D 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 2D 3D 20 |= == ==.. -= | 00000050: 41 20 44 49 59 20 47 75 69 64 65 20 74 6F 20 43 |A DIY Guide to C| 00000060: 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 52 65 70 61 69 72 20 26 |omputer Repair &| 00000070: 20 4D 6F 64 69 66 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 28 50 | Modification (P| 00000080: 43 20 61 6E 64 20 41 6D 69 67 61 20 35 30 30 29 |C and Amiga 500)| 00000090: 20 3D 2D 0D 0A 20 20 20 5B 4E 6F 74 65 20 3A 20 | =-.. [Note : | 000000A0: 54 6F 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 20 77 68 6F 20 73 61 |To people who sa| 000000B0: 76 65 64 20 6D 79 20 65 61 72 6C 69 65 72 20 70 |ved my earlier p| 000000C0: 6F 73 74 20 72 65 3A 20 69 6E 73 74 61 6C 6C 61 |ost re: installa| 000000D0: 74 69 6F 6E 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 31 4D 62 0D |tion of the 1Mb.| 000000E0: 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 67 6E 75 73 2C 20 64 |. 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TEMS. IT IS NOT..INTENDED TO TRAIN OR EN
COURAGE NOVICES TO ATTEMPT SERVICE OR MO
DIFICATIONS..TO EXPENSIVE APPLIANCES. IT
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..UNQUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO TAMPER WITH D
ANGEROUS APPLIANCES SUCH AS MONITORS,..P
OWER SUPPLIES AND OTHER DEVICES WHICH CO
NTAIN VACUUM TUBES, LIVE MAINS OR..HIGH-
TENSION RAILS, OR OTHER HAZARDOUS AREAS.
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, I CAN VOUCH FOR THE WORKABILITY OF THE
..MODIFICATIONS LISTED HERE. I HAVE PERS
ONALLY PERFORMED THEM ALL MYSELF ON MY..
OWN MACHINES (THIS IS, AFTER ALL, A CHRO
NICLE OF MY OWN EXPERIENCES, CHOPPED..UP
UNDER SUITABLE HEADINGS FOR YOUR CONVEN
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MS AND THE SOLUTION(S) I FOUND,..KEEP IN
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