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mabus · 22 July 2007, 03:19

Yes, be very careful about leaking batteries. You should check the motherboard throughly to make sure that the acid has not eaten anything. Since most of the custom chips are socketed, problems due to leakage may be intermittent and you may need to clean the chips and sockets to get a more reliable connection. Be aware that these devices are very sensitive to static, so you should ground yourself before you do any work on it.

As far as I remember it is possible to run a similar tool to CrossDOS called MultiDOS in Workbench 1.3, but it can be a pain if you only have one floppy drive and no harddrive. The tool is available on Aminet, but read the included README file as the software has some limitations under WB1.3.

Hope that helps,

-M.

22 July 2007, 03:19	#17
mabus Zone Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 121	Yes, be very careful about leaking batteries. You should check the motherboard throughly to make sure that the acid has not eaten anything. Since most of the custom chips are socketed, problems due to leakage may be intermittent and you may need to clean the chips and sockets to get a more reliable connection. Be aware that these devices are very sensitive to static, so you should ground yourself before you do any work on it. As far as I remember it is possible to run a similar tool to CrossDOS called MultiDOS in Workbench 1.3, but it can be a pain if you only have one floppy drive and no harddrive. The tool is available on Aminet, but read the included README file as the software has some limitations under WB1.3. Hope that helps, -M.