AMT1 THIS IS A FILE EXPLAINING MODIFICATIONS TO THE AEA AMT-1 AMTOR TERMINAL UNIT IN DETAIL. SOME ARE FOR CONVENIENCE OTHERS MAKE IT WORK BETTER. SOME ARE FACTORY AND SOME ARE MINE. FIRST THE LIST OF CHANGES: 1) REPLACE FILTER RESISTORS. (FACTORY MOD) 2) REPLACE R5. (FACTORY MOD) 3) REPLACE C1. 4) MODIFY DISPLAY LIGHTS. 5) ADD POWER SWITCH. 6) ADD TX DATA INVERT SWITCH. 7) ADD RX DATA INVERT SWITCH. 8) ADD PTT KILL SWITCH. 9) ADD AUDIO I.O SHORT SWITCH. 10) ADD TTL/RS232 SELECT SWITCH. 11) ADD RS232 I/O JACKS. 12) ADD TRANSMITTER TTL OUTPUT JACK. 13) SEPARATE ANALOG/DIGITAL GROUNDS (FACTORY MOD-ONLY NEEDED ON SOME UNITS). NUMBERS 10 AND 11 ARE RELATED AND YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO I/O CABLES PLUGGED IN AT THE SAME TIME SO YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO 11 OR NOT. THAT WILL DETERMINE WHICH WAY YOU DO 10. IF YOU HAVE TWO TERMINALS, ONE THAT USES RS232 AND THE OTHER THAT USES TTL, YOU MAY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT UNPLUGGING AND PLUGGING THE CABLE EACH TIME. THAT IS HOW BUTCH SWITCHES FROM THE APPLE TO THE COMMODORE. I DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY BECAUSE MY OTHER TERMINAL IS STRICTLY FOR BACKUP IN CASE THE COMMODORE GOES BELLY UP. NOW, HOW TO DO THEM AND WHY. 1) THE FILTER MOD CAN BE ORDERED (FREE FROM AEA). THEY WILL SEND YOU ALL OF THE PRECISION RESISTORS TO MODIFY THE FILTER FOR BETTER RESPONSE. IT WILL HAVE LESS RINGING AND A LITTLE MORE SQUARE RESPONSE CURVE INSTEAD OF A PEAKED CURVE. CONTINUED IN FILE AMT1.6