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    08-Nov-92  21:31:25
Sb: #16877-#New Video for KiX\30
Fm: David George 72240,134
To: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317 (X)

The internal cable I was using was an IBM internal cable.  (The manual
mentioned using IBM serial cables so I tried it and found out that you
meant external only).  I also figured out (from the supplied schematics
that I could alternate the SIMM's starting at SIMM1 or SIMM2.

I think that the Kix\30 is a great machine.  I have been using an Atari
Mega 2 ST that I upgraded to 4Meg RAM running OSK v2.2, and the Kix\30
is A LOT faster.  One comment (no reflection on the Kix\30): I tried
to frestore the disks that I fsave'd on my Atari and the index structure
was bad (luckily I decided to try it before I reformatted my HD on the
KiX\30).  So I copied the OSK2.2 frestore and tried it on the KiX\30 and
it worked fine (keep this in mind for anyone upgrading from Atari OSK2.2)

The assembly went OK.  Oh I almost forgot the holes in the MB need to be
a little larger in diameter, I had to file down my standoffs in order to
push them into the motherboard.  There also is no mention on how to build
the parallel printer cable.  I assumed from how the serial pinout was done
and from the schematics that I just had to wire it pin for pin to the DB25.

I think it is a wonderful machine and I am hoping that it becomes very
popular (mainly because I would like to see some interesting boards for it)
David George
72240,134

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