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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Blue CPU slot?
« on: August 10, 2017, 02:14:18 PM »
Quote from: magnetic;829320
Im sure somebody repaired that and used a blue socket highly doubt thats from CBM

 +1.
 
 Can't recall seeing a blue socket back in the 90s. Not on an Amiga. Never. I think it's a later innovation, when dyes were added to basic polyester mixes rather than carbon black.
 
 If it is genuine it's an Escom product? But Escom didn't sell the A2000... nah, can't be. Unless it was recycyled old CBM stock that they put a novel connector on. Very unlikely.
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Blue CPU slot?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2017, 02:57:36 PM »
Quote from: Rob;829415
A blue CPU slot means it's military spec.

If you are correct, then it's definitely not original, as Milspec 2000 dates from... 16 JAN 1989.

(no, you can't google it, but you can check the release date).

http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-2000-2999/MIL-STD-2000_10934/

On the other hand, having a hotter than normal CPU would require a connector capable of withstanding 125C without deforming... nylon or better rather than polyester or ABS.

If you can find some evidence to back up your claim Rob, would love to know how you know... bearing in mind that blue connectors are definitely NOT military spec now, so could be used currently to defectively repair old military equipment if you are correct. Only they would deform at 125C, so quite frankly I think you are not correct at all.

Misinformed rather than deliberately deceiving, there is an old saying about the military "Bull$hit baffles brains", ie the operators get taught a lot of things that just are not accurate.
 
 So long as the equipment is accurate and goes BANG when you pull the trigger, it doesn't matter.
« Last Edit: August 11, 2017, 03:09:40 PM by Pat the Cat »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Blue CPU slot?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2017, 04:01:53 PM »
Well... technically, you can run things hotter if they're all built to the right standard.

That's never meant they could go any FASTER though. Just that they will keep working in an emergency.

So, if Doomy lived in a building that often caught fire, it would make sense. To him, anyway. Overclocking types tend to be obsessive.

"Nutter" is a relative term. I mean, most people here are nutty about Amigas.

Question of keeping a perspective and not getting too obsessive, I guess.
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