> roland mayer once told me that for the a155 clock
> input to work right needs a perfect pulse with sharp
> sguare egdes....
> i guess that explains it all....

Not for me Bakis, as I said, on the oscope they were nearly
identical ! ! It also wouldn't explain why it tracked for that 1/2 a
second before stopping either - it actually generated a tone and all,
then just stopped... The Mystery deepens... :-)
KRIS