Joysticks in CD32

[Cammy]

NEVER PLUG OR UNPLUG ANYTHING ON A CD32 WHILE IT'S TURNED ON!!!

That's how you blow up your audio capacitors and start a whole bunch of other problems. The same thing goes for A1200s!

[Cammy]

I'm not positive, but some Amigas don't seem to be affected by plugging/unplugging while turned on, like the A500, which seems even more indestructible than the military-spec A2000 (with its ticking time-bomb RTC battery inside). But I have first hand experience with the problem occurring on two of my A1200s, two CD32s and my A600. Each time it has been the same problem, and always after a plug was pulled out or pushed in while it was turned on.

I only wish I could afford to get these poor A1200s, CD32s and A600 fixed. I can't solder myself.

[Cammy]

By the way, in the case of one of the CD32s it was a dodgey PS/2-AT adapter in the AUX port I was using for an A2000 keyboard that caused the problem, so it's not just the joystick ports that can harm your Amigas.