HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: smac@iconix.oz.au (Stuart McCormack)
Subject: Re: NZ joke
Organization: Iconix Pty Ltd (World Headquarters)
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 11:03:02 GMT

In <1992Aug13.162242.27393@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> rxkgt@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (George Tzanatos) writes:


>Q:  What is the similarity between New Zealanders and Sperm?

>A:  Of the thousands that come out, only one does any work!

Hey, don't hang it on the Kiwis! They can't help it if they're a
couple of stars short of a flag.

Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: hoahosth@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (ANDREA HOSTH)
Subject: Re: Antipodes
Organization: Halls of Residence, Monash University 
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:52:19 GMT

In article <Bu04Gn.2Fw@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> erhellfr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Edgar Hellfritsch) writes:
>From: erhellfr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Edgar Hellfritsch)
>Another Question:
>Do you hang head down or do you wear velcro-dreadlock-perms?

We all have very short hair.

>Must be a funny country.

Well, we *were* the "Lucky Country" but we forgot to tie the luck down and 
it fell off into space. Now we're thinking of becoming the "Smart Country". 
We're all really smart down here because of all that extra blood running to 
our brains.

>(do you all move by hopping?)

You can't hop with velcro attaching you to the planet. You do tear around 
though.

>(is the most-frequently used Australian word 'boing-boing'?)

No.

>(how do you throw away a boomerang?)

You just let go.

>(can I think of more stupid cliches?)
>(...)

Guess not.


>>Ankh
> ^^^^ 'Ankh' like 'Ankh Morpok'?

No. Ankh as in ANdrea Karin Hsth. I have read those books though, and I 
               --     -     -
must say it was nice of him to name half of a city after me.


Ankh
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: act@csc.canberra.edu.au (Cyclops)
Subject: Trying to make up lust - I mean lost ground!
Organization: University of Canberra, Camaroon
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 23:20:34 GMT

Q.	Mummy mummy, what's an orgasm?

A.	I don't know, ask your father.

I know its probably been quoted before!

credits: talk.bizarre

act@csc.canberra.edu.au       ceteris paribus
Look Once...         .-)      
   Look TwEyece..    .-) .-)       
      Half See...    .-)
From: rxkgt@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (George Tzanatos)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
Subject: NZ
Date: 30 Aug 92 19:57:11 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

What is the theme song of NZ horses?
  "One step ahead of you" (Split Enz)

& George &
From: gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
Subject: Re: NZ
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:10:19 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young, Melbourne, Australia

On the same theme...

Q: Why do NZ horses run so fast?
A: They've seen what happens to the sheep.
--
Gregory Bond <gnb@bby.com.au> Burdett, Buckeridge & Young Ltd, Melbourne 
That's *Mister* Chief Pointyhead to you.
From: Neville.Stradling@f356.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Neville Stradling)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
Subject: Help : re. blonde joke postings:
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:29:00 +1000

* In a message originally to All on the 08-19-92, Simon Paul TALBOT Said:
ST > There was a real large posting (a few thousand lines, I
ST > think) of the
ST > ENTIRE collection of blonde jokes a while ago. If anyone
ST > has this
ST > floating around their file collection could you please post
ST > them again,
ST > or preferably, please mail them to me (see address before)
As this echo has just been put on my local BBS, I too have missed 
this collection of blonde jokes. If someone could post them again It 
would be greatly appreciated, or as above, you could send them via 
Australia Post.
 
        Regards,
        Neville STRADLING
        10 Newlyn St.
        Shepparton
        3630
 * Origin: The Silicon Bit BBS +61-58-52-2121 (3:632/356)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: sgccgjc@citec.oz.au (Graeme Cumming)
Subject: Re: Wanted : On the good ship venus
Organization: CITEC
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 09:51:48 GMT

So which is the funny bit?

Graeme

Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: peterr@syacus.acus.oz.au (Peter Russell)
Subject: Re: Hinch Notes
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 01:09:52 GMT

tourloup@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Vasilios E. Tourloupis) writes:


>Anyone seen the new $5.00 "Hinch Notes"?

Hear in Sydney we call then "Bitch" notes, 'cause they
got the BITCH on them.

First up against the wall when the revolution comes.

peterr
From: voros@physics.monash.edu.au (Joe Voros)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Hinch Notes
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:42:53 +1000
Distribution: aus
Organization: Physics Department, Monash University, Australia.

tourloup@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Vasilios E. Tourloupis) writes:
> Apparently, here in Victoria, there have been a number of these
> "Hinch Notes" appearing in our tender.

I take it you mean there is a beard scrawled onto the face of the
sovereign.  I have seen and kept one such.  Someone else had added
glasses, in slightly different ink.  It adornes my mantlepiece..

-- 
Joe Voros
Department of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia.

Quantum Mechanics is God's way of telling you to mind your P_i's and Q_j's.
From: gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (Gareth who?)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes.d
Subject: Re: 6 legs...
Date: 1 Sep 92 01:55:46 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: La Trobe University

In article <544@parasol.cs.uq.oz.au> s315877@parasol.cs.uq.oz.au (matthew arkinstall) writes:
>In <1992Aug31.063502.23087@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (Gareth Davies) writes:
>
>
>>Q:	What's got 6 legs & moves around a paddock in circles?
>
>>A: 	A ram doing a 'ewe'ee...
>
>
>>-- 
>
>>gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au 
>
>I seem to remember hearing that on Hey Hey It's Saturday on 29-Aug.
>Guess you just forgot to mention that part ey?
>RK

Well I didn't hear it on Hey Hey I heard it from a friend, but good
suggestion. Next time I'll say...

	I heard this joke from John Smith, who heard it from Jane Doe,
	who heard it from ('til I get back to the originator of the joke)...

Yeah good one!!!!!!!

Gareth.

p.s. good n-etiquette and ob.joke!!!
p.p.s. it's aus.jokes not aus.original.never-heard-before.jokes

-- 

gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au 
Newsgroups: aus.jokes.d
From: fraser@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fraser Wilson)
Subject: Re: Jokes DIR/REGabout
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:52:12 GMT

11437294@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (NATHAN WHEAT) writes:

>>Just where the hell is New Zealand anyway?

>Isn't that a province of Tasmania?

In fact it's a nation of two major islands: the North and South, as
well as some minor islands: Stewart Island, the West Island
and Tasmania.

Fraser.
From: voros@physics.monash.edu.au (Joe Voros)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes.d
Subject: Re: Australia's naughty home video ????
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:15:11 +1000
Distribution: aus
Organization: Physics Department, Monash University, Australia.

dnryan@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Damien RYAN) writes:
> I didn't watch this last night, but saw a article in the sun today
> saying that it was pulled off half way through for showing people 
> and animals having sex (not with each other).
> 
> Could someone who watched it please post details of what was so
> bad they pulled it off half way through.

Pulled off??!!  Hee heee hehehehehee heeeeeeeeeeee [kelvin cunnington]

Actually, it was removed from broadcast because Kerry Packer decided it
should be.  Simple.

-- 
Joe Voros
Department of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia.

Quantum Mechanics is God's way of telling you to mind your P_i's and Q_j's.
From: tony@suite.sw.oz.au (Tony McGrath)
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
Subject: Re: ANU
Date: 24 Aug 92 01:37:59 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Softway Pty Ltd

In <hoahosth.31.714581178@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au> hoahosth@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (ANDREA HOSTH) writes:

>Hi. Shok Kuan Ho is looking for Mei Ling Liew, Law Faculty, 1st Year at ANU. 
>If you know her, ask her to call Shok Kuan - its urgent.
>Her number is (03) 5448133xtn365. Anyone from ANU who reads this notice and 
>wants to have Shok Kuan in your debt forever (or five minutes, whichever com 
>es first) please write this down (in big letters) and post it on the 
>noticeboard in the Law Faculty. It is REALLY urgent.

>Ankh

I don't get it. Maybe I need my humor gland replaced.
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling)
Subject: Re: Bit Risky
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 10:54:57 GMT

allanc@cs.su.oz.au (Restless Wanderer) writes:

> Sign at service station...........

> "Potholes in Harbor Tunnel"
> "Govt job creation in progress"

> Q What do you call two ducks having a 69er?
> A Sticky beaks !!! Bwhaaaaaaa

> Q What do you call two Irish Lesbians ?
> A Gaylick

> Bwhaaaaabwhaaaa

> Sometimes I kill myself ;-)

Please do so more frequently. :-)

________________________________
Richard.  u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au
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Newsgroups: aus.jokes,rec.humor
From: mlfidler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael L Fidler Jr)
Subject: Re: WANTED: On the good ship venus...
Organization: Wanda's house-o-whipS   
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 20:25:00 GMT


    The good ship's name was venus.
	Her mast a towering penis
	Her figurehead, a whore in bed
	A pretty sight by jesus!

	The first mate's name was Andy
	By god, he was a dandy!
	They broke his cock with chunks of rock
	for conking in the brandy.

	The second mate was Morgan
	Dear god he was a gorgon!
	Nine times a day fine tunes he'd play
	On his reproductive organ

	The captains daughter Maybell
	They screwed when they were able.
	They nailed her tits (the lousey shits!)
	Right to the captains table.

	The cabin boy was the captains joy.
	A cunning little nipper!
	He lined his ass with broken glass
	And circumsized the skipper.

	Then in search of new sensation
	In forms of recreation.
	The ship was sunk in a wave of gunk
	From mutual masturbation.

	AZATHOTH+@OSU.EDU

ps. The Higgans boys and Gruber (sp?) commedy team have a skit called
"captain lucky" which is a spoof of kids shows like captain kangaroo.
Captain lucky comes out on stage, announces that he is really hungover
so the pace of the show is going to be "just a little slower today."
"let's start with a song"
he then sings the "cabin boy" verse.

'tiss really funny.
 
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: corich_a@med.wcc.govt.nz (Alison Corich, Wellington, New Zealand)
Subject: AUssie joke from a nzer
Reply-To: corich_a@med.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:07:41 GMT

What is the definition of great Australian literature?
A XXXX beer can!
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Agamemnon)
Subject: Re: Funny disgusting t-shirt designs !
Keywords: supercalafragalisticexpalladoshis
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:29:41 GMT

jewells@nutmeg.ntu.edu.au (Leigh Jewell) writes:

>Heres a little helpers: the society is also known as ITSS Information Technology
>Student Society (yes we wanted Territory Information Technology Society !)

>The school under which it runs is know as the SCHool of Information Technology
>(SCHIT) appart from that theres no real conscrictions other than its got
>to be funny !

>If I win th competition, the person who submitted the design I'll send you one of
> the shirts as a bonus (as long as your in Aust oh OK Tasmania as well and if
>your really lucky mabye even New Zealand)..

Well, we had a sugestion for the Country University of Northern Tasmania.

Also, The Hobart College (THC being the active alkaloid of marijuana)

Bernard Booth (ignore .sig)

--
`Of COURSE I was glad to get rid of him, he's flipped. He's got mad droid
disease! He kept waving a banana in front of me and calling it an aardvark!'
--Red Dwarf, "Camille" 
Damien Saunders (Gunnar Njalsson [SCA]) Email: u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: allanc@cs.su.oz.au (Restless Wanderer)
Subject: Re:Faux Pas 
Reply-To: allanc@cluster.cs.su.oz (Restless Wanderer)
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 05:21:04 GMT

Overheard at lunch recently.........(regarding the strength of Cling Wraps)

Girl : " The thicker it is the harder it is to suck "

What can I say ?
The looks were worth a camera.


Newsgroups: aus.jokes
From: act@csc.canberra.edu.au (Cyclops)
Subject: Re: Bit Risky
Organization: University of Canberra, Camaroon
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 23:06:52 GMT

bmahony@neumann.une.edu.au (Speedy Cevichi,Pizza Hut,Little Tokyo,555-pizza 
cats) writes:>From article <act.381.0@csc.canberra.edu.au>, by act@csc.
canberra.edu.au (Cyclops):
>> Q.	Why do Sumo wrestlers shave their legs?
>> 
>> A.	So you can tell them apart from feminists!
>> 
>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>So dude, how many flames did ya get from that?

None on aus.flame - where they of course belong + only one e-mail bite from
ANU and then I think they saw the funny side.  So there Mr Be Mahagony even
feminists can see the funny side.  They are people too you know, maybe not my
kind of people, but people! Actually Eye see that aus.jokes has an heavy 
flame component, maybe aus.flame could do with some fresh talent. BTW since 
this is a.j then I'd better same something funny otherwise I might get my 
wrists slapped eh?

One for the fems:

	The Rules According to a Female(apologies for the content!)

1.	The female always makes the rules.

2.	The Rule are subject to change at any time without prior 
	notification.

3.	No male can possibly know all the rules.

4.	If the female suspects the male knows all the rules, she must
	immediately change some of the rules.

5.	The female is NEVER wrong.

6.	If the female is wrong, it is due to a misunderstanding which was a
	direct of something the male did or said wrong.

7.	The male must apologise immediately for causing the said
	misunderstanding.

8.	The female may change her mind at any time.

9.	The male must never change his mind without the express written
	consent of the female.

10.	The female has every right to be angry and/or upset at any time.

11.	The male must remain calm at all times unless the female wants him
	to be angry or upset.

12.	The female must, under no circumstances, let the male know 
	whether or not she wants him to be angry and/or upset.

13.	The male is expected to mind-read at all times.

14.	The male who doesn't abide by the rules can't take the heat, lacks
	backbone and is a wimp.

15.	Any attempt to document the Rules could result in bodily harm(here
	comes a kick in the groin!).

16.	If the female has PMT, all the rules are null and void.

17.	The female is ready when she is ready.

18.	The male must be ready at all times.

credits: off the notice board in the tearoom into which I am occasionally
         granted access and then only on the written permission of the
         female staff!!

BTW, and here's where I undo all the good work and get into trouble(remember 
the old rule that says we should all be able to laugh at ourselves!).

Q.	Whats the difference between a rad feminist and an hippopotamus?

A.	The hippopotamus doesn't wear overalls!

credits: one of the females from the tearoom, laughing!(actually she was 
         asked for an anti-male one).

act@csc.canberra.edu.au       ceteris paribus
Look Once...         .-)      
   Look TwEyece..    .-) .-)       
      Half See...    .-)
From: dsheean@gdwb.oz.au (Denise Sheean)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: WORDPLEX? translation
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:52:49 GMT

HELP!
Our company wishes to get a manual into our current word
processing system.  The manual is available on diskette in
WORDPLEX ?, but the hardware is not available.

If there is anyone who knows this system, can you tell me:
Where in Australia is the hardware to let us read it?
Can it be output as ASCII?

If you can help me with any information, please email me.
dsheean@gdwb.oz.au
Thanks,
Denise Sheean
-- 
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Denise Sheean			Geelong & District Water Board
Phone: +61 52 262351		61-67 Ryrie St Geelong
Fax:   +61 52 218236		Victoria 3220 Australia
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: t921690@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Scott Peucker)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: WANTED: Info on "Dataflex" Language
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:49:07 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

Subject line ses it all.
I need to find out any info about a language called "dataflex"
It sounds like its a database type language, but what I want to
know is what it is like, what 'normal' language it most resembles,
whether it is easy to learn etc.

&I job I'm interested in uses it&

Scott.
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Newsgroups: aus.computers
From: ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
Subject: The fragile HP 95LX?
Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 06:28:51 GMT

                        _The delicate HP 95LX?_

A couple of weeks ago I posted a note on my experiences using a Psion
Series 3 pocket computer which had been generously lent to us by Canon
Office Supplies in Cairns, north Queensland.  [We are looking for a
suitable replacement for the Sharp PC1600 which we have been using at a
number of places for field data recording over the past few years.]

Today I noticed that a Cairns computer firm was advertising the HP 95LX
along with other products, so I contacted them to see if they would lend
us a unit for a few days of on-site testing.  [As I said in my previous
posting, we are concerned that the "loose lid syndrome" reported by many
users would make the HP 95LX impractical for use in the field.]

Unfortunately, the local HP agents were not prepared to lend a unit.
Their reason?  "These machines are too small and fragile to lend for 
testing."!!!  That being the case, they are obviously not suitable for
field use!  (I wonder if they *really* meant to tell us that?)

It is certainly interesting that the Psion agents *volunteered* the loan
of their machine, but the HP agents do not have the same degree of faith
in the quality of their product.  Could this be the reason for the
higher price of the Psion, that it is better built and more reliable?

Ian S.

PS.  I originally contacted Sharp, HP, and Psion re our need to replace
the now discontinued PC1600.  Sharp haven't bothered to reply.  Perhaps
because the new PC3000 and PC3100 are too bulky or heavy to meet our
specifications for a replacement (e.g. weight less than 450 g, etc.)?
-- 

Ian Staples                       | Internet : ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au
c/- P.O. Box 1054,                | Fax      : +61 70 92 3593
MAREEBA  Queensland  4880         | Voice    : +61 70 92 1555
Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.aarnet,aus.acsnet,aus.wanted
From: miw@cc.uq.oz.au (Mark I. Williams)
Subject: Re: wanted: share of a leased line to USA
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 01:28:01 GMT

gih900@cruskit.aarnet.edu.au (Geoff Huston) writes:

[wrt to sharing a leased line]

>You would be well advised to check with AOTC regarding the current
>regulatory position with respect to sharing of leased international
>links before going too much further down this track.

Aren't AUSTEL the people to be talking to in this regard? 

or am I missing something?

cheers


--
Mark Williams         The University of Queensland       miw@cc.uq.edu.au
+61 7 36 54012   (w)  Prentice Centre
+61 7 36 54477  (fax) Qld 4072  Australia
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.  -- Seneca
Newsgroups: aus.computers
From: cmg@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Chris Gersch)
Subject: Re: The BEST 1280x1024 video card for IBM
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 11:57:33 GMT

mcdonoug@dmpe.csiro.au (Graeme Mc Donough) writes:

>Your problem will be that your P.C. will be running too slow.
>maybee a 5/86 P.C. .
>When running at that res, the P.C. will perform like a slug.

That's why I want a fast video card

>the solution is: If you want to run at that high of a res
>buy a Workstation. (such as a SUN or SGI or even an AMIGA)
>These boxes will at least allow you to multi-task for a start,
>and perform the windowing functions with speed.

I bought an IBM primarily because the performance a can get for any
given amount of $ is far better than anything else. A macintosh is a much
better computer, but to get a mac with the power of a 486-33, I'd have to
spend more than twice as much. SUNs and SGIs, and I suspect AMIGAs with
1280x1024 and comparable performance to a 486 are way out of a poor student's
price range.

>Graeme Mc Donough
>mcdonoug@mineng.dmpe.csiro.au
Christian Gersch
cmg@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au

Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.wanted
From: duncan@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Duncan Goode)
Subject: ST506 Controllers wanted 
Keywords: ST506 Hard Disk Controllers
Organization: Coles Supermarkets
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:47:11 GMT

Due to an offer I can't refuse, I'm after two (2) ST-506 controllers to run
MS-DOS(secondary to UNIX) on two 486-33's. 

If you can part with one or two ST-506 controllers, please mail me naming 
your price, and your location in Oz, and I will consider. 

The controllers must be in a working state.


Thanks in advance
-- 
  ======================================================================
  |                         Duncan Goode                               |
  |Post: L 1 M 11, Coles Myer Ltd, PO Box 2000 Tooronga 3146, Australia|
  |Phone: +61 3 822 1117       E-mail:duncan@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au|
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: staferne@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Stefan Taferner)
Subject: Re: A3000 and KickStart 1.3
Organization: RISC, J.K. University of Linz, Austria
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 10:02:37 GMT

How to use Kick 1.3 on A3000:

- Install a harddisk partition called WB_1.3 (device name)
- Look at your WB2.04 install disk. Somewhere in a subdir is a program
  called Update2.x (or so) -- it has an icon.
- Take a closer look to this program. In reality, it's a script file.
  The script calls a program  (I've forgotten it's name), which is in
  the same subdir but without icon.
- This program is called with two arguments: 
  1.   2.0 or 1.3  !!
  2.   kickfile destination, e.g. WB_1.3:devs/kickfile
- Your Superkickstart disk 2.04 also contains a 1.3 Kickfile
- Use the above described program to install the 1.3 Kickfile on the WB_1.3
  partition.
- After power-up you can now select if you want to boot either Kick 2.x or
  Kick 1.3


Stefan
----------
Stefan Taferner
Research Institute for Symbolic Computation
staferne@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: u907037@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Deidre Rushton)
Subject: upgrading from 1.2 --> 2.whatever help!
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 05:22:05 GMT

Hi,
sorry if this has been covered before, but...

I'm finally going to haul the old Amiga 500 out of hiding, and want to
upgrade it to the latest chip set (release 2.X??).  It's a 1.2 machine from
the dark ages (1988).  I've heard vague rumours that the 1.2 machines have
a problem with the motherboard and can't upgrade.

Questions:
Can a 1.2 machine upgrade easily?
Can a 1.2 machine upgrade at all i.e.by modifying the existing board?
If the latter: how and what would this cost? (I'm a poor struggling student :)

Or am I totally out of luck and need to buy a new machine?

Thanks for any help you can offer :)
Please email me at u907037@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au