@hedley,
That is a hilarious story, thanks for sharing it so completely. It so sounds like something I could have been guilty of, specially in my younger days, but now that I am old and wisened, I have learned to check the most obvious and easiest solutions first and have thankfully not repeated too many of those frustrating moments in life over the past decade.
Thanks again. Also, welcome to Amiga.org as I see that this post is your first, unless you have been using a different member name in the past. It is great to see any of the original Amiga engineers visiting this great Amiga site. I hope you will share much more of your knowledge and history of the Amiga in the days, weeks and months to come.