Date   : Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:15:17 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Music 500 and Music 5000 hardware diffs?

On Aug 13 2004, 16:36, Joel Rowbottom wrote:

> > > Anyone know what the hardware differences between the music 500
and
> > > music 5000 boxes are? I've just been on a photography spree
(seriously
> > > considering seeing if the Acorn M4 powers up now!), and found
that the
> > > boards look identical.
> >
> >Pretty much, yeah.

> Didn't the M5000 have an extra capacitor that the M500 didn't have?
>
> The software was *very* different though.

Hmm.. this rings a bell.  I remember there was a difference, but it was
something trivial -- something to do with reliable operation on a
Master 128, which has slightly different timing, and the fix was
something as trivial as an extra capacitor.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
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                                               University of York