ReDoc Spirit Inboard 1000

[RetroNinja]

Hello,

Please review this doc to find errors, misspellings, etc. Right now the doc is rev 2.9, once peer reviewed it will be rev 3.0 If you are interested in contributing I can send you the ODT (LibreOffice Writer) file if you want to edit it hands-on.

Also, if anyone can re-do the IN1000 logo (font + shadow), I'll display it proudly on the first/title page.

 

[AmigaPete]

@RetroNinja ... the only attachment is the logo.png file, no document file.

 

[RetroNinja]

huh, you are correct, let's try again

edit: nope, it throws away my PDF, it that format not allowed? I watch the PDF upload but save the post and it drops

edit2: blah, ODT is listed as a not-acceptable format, PDF is though

edit3: huh, the original PDF does upload, my LibreOffice PDF export does not

 

[RetroNinja]

edit4: another huh, I exported my ODT to PDF, then compressed it to ZIP, upload shows it is uploading, it sits there showing while I construct my message but nothing saves

 

[RetroNinja]

test 5 - this time I printed out the new manual, then scanned it (NAPS2), then saved as a PDF, upload works, shows it uploads, but saving the post nukes the PDF, there's also no little PDF logo like the original manual

 

[AmigaPete]

Can confirm that the original is available to DL and open/view, but nothing else is showing up.

 

[RetroNinja]

I bet it's the size. The PDF is 20MB in size because of the embedded color pics.

 

[RetroNinja]

OK peeps, try this one. Its size is 10MB and it uploaded fine.

 

[AmigaPete]

Got it. I'll have a run through and post anything I see.

 

[AmigaPete]

Really well done. Just some scanning artifacts and a few other small things. I did not reference the original. So if you wanted to maintain any errors in the original then I may have corrected them below.

p6 para 4
Remove 8 phillips head self. tapping screws
should be
Remove 8 Phillips head self-tapping screws

p6 para 5
Remove two phillips head
should be
Remove two Phillips head
+more occurrences of phillips --> Phillips

p13 para 2
chips immediately. ;
should be
chips immediately.

p14 para 3
two metal Prongs together
should be
two metal prongs together
+ one more occurrence

page 19 para 6 (listed item #4)
Shell. .
should be
Shell.

pages 27, 28 & 29
bullet points should begin with uppercase first letter in first word - like a proper sentence? except URLs.

page 29 para 5
mounts on top the chip and holds
should be
mounts on top of the chip and holds

 

[RetroNinja]

Thanks!

I just printed the the doc, that's usually a last review for me. Like you, I saw some grammar mistakes in the original. I don't believe they should be kept for originality.

 

[AmigaPete]

The Spirit IN1000 was probably (if I recall correctly) the first add-on I purchased for my A1000 way back in 1989 at World of Commodore Toronto. I paid $525CAD for the 1.5MB version - I still have the receipt. It made the A1000 so much better with the fast RAM. It also came with a 68000 already installed, which I think was a mistake, but it means I still have my original MC68000 from my A1000. Unfortunately that's about all I have left of all my Amiga stuff.

 

[RetroNinja]

You scored a free 68000 - cool.

I wound up (sadly, by choice) with a wrecked A1000 and I'm slowly working through it. The package wound up including a Derringer 030 accelerator, DKB ROM switcher - it boots from a 2.04 ROM not a floppy!, and the IN1000. With all of the stacks on the CPU it arrived in pieces with 30% of the pins bent.

Do you know of anyone who has performed the IN1000 battery hack? The low priced GlitchWorks/Tindie add-on seems like a nice looking hack.

Did you ever have any memory issues? I read about the memory 'technically' not being auto-config'd. The little I've played with it has not shown any need for extra steps for the memory.

 

[AmigaPete]

Do you know of anyone who has performed the IN1000 battery hack? The low priced GlitchWorks/Tindie add-on seems like a nice looking hack.

Did you ever have any memory issues? I read about the memory 'technically' not being auto-config'd. The little I've played with it has not shown any need for extra steps for the memory.

No, sorry. I know no one in my area involved in any retro computer tinkering. I used to know Syd Bolton at the PC Museum. Unfortunately he passed away (way too soon) a few years ago.

I don't recall any memory issues. The board worked as advertised. I sold the A1000 just over a year later to pay for my new A2000. Now, going through some of my old literature I probably was incorrect about the IN1000 being my first expansion purchase. I most likely acquired an external floppy drive at some point before the memory expansion. I don't have any paperwork about the floppy drive because I seem to recall that it was a Christmas gift.