I got an Amiga with the Amax IV (I think) and was thinking about piddling around with yet another OS, especially since my daughter now owns a Mac laptop. Then I bought a box of Amiga hardware and software (along with an A3000) and noticed an Amax thingy which seems to attach to the par port, thus blocking several ports etc... So this blocky plastic device has a nice melted point on the case about 3/4 into the side opposite the par port end.. ie not up against the Amiga. I'm wondering if anybody here knows about this device and if there is some internal reason for the case to be slightly melted? Like a resistor array that sometimes overheats... It's not extensive, more like a hot light bulb rested against it and thru the hole I can see the edge of the PCB which does not look burned or anything, so maybe the heat came from without...?
Likewise, since this looks old anyway and the Amax board in my A4000 looks like it might actually work, is it worth messing with? I mean, I also have an 8088 bridgecard and I have NO intention of trying to load DOS onto any part of my A4000's nor my A2000's. Just not worth the effort, ya know? I like fooling with arcane bits of hardware/software but since I have several Amigas in various states of repair I can skip this plaything and not feel slighted, but if it can do something cool I might give it a shot... except of course if this melted point means the whole thing is fried anyway. So if anybody knows about it and can let me know what kind of fun things a working model can do, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
