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Title: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: swoslover on February 10, 2011, 02:52:52 AM

I bought an A1200 on Ebay recently.

However despite having a hard drive the A1200 did not boot directly to this and goes straight to the floppy / hand kickstart screen.

While taking the A1200 apart the cable connecting the keyboard to the 1200 came out and I have been unable to reattach it.

So 2 questions, does anyone know where I can get some workbench disks for the computer?

Secondly, is there a reliable way of getting the darn cable back in?

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: Franko on February 10, 2011, 02:56:53 AM

Quote from: swoslover;614540

I bought an A1200 on Ebay recently.

However despite having a hard drive the A1200 did not boot directly to this and goes straight to the floppy / hand kickstart screen.

While taking the A1200 apart the cable connecting the keyboard to the 1200 came out and I have been unable to reattach it.

So 2 questions, does anyone know where I can get some workbench disks for the computer?

Secondly, is there a reliable way of getting the darn cable back in?

Not sure why you can't get the keyboard cable back in, did you break the connector on the MB or are you just forgetting to pull up the top sliding part of the connector before inserting the cable... :)

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: swoslover on February 10, 2011, 03:09:11 AM

i'm in china just now haha so it may have been futile asking since i cant check!!!

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: Franko on February 10, 2011, 03:35:54 AM

I can see your problem... you'd need to have awfully long arms to try that out... :lol:

(Never knew there was a suburb of Edinburgh called China, must be in the posh bit at Morningside, need to check on Saturday when I'm through in Auld Reekie... :))

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: swoslover on February 10, 2011, 05:20:12 AM

Quote from: Franko;614545

I can see your problem... you'd need to have awfully long arms to try that out... :lol:

(Never knew there was a suburb of Edinburgh called China, must be in the posh bit at Morningside, need to check on Saturday when I'm through in Auld Reekie... :))

lol i live in morningside if i had been home would have roped u into fixing it ;)

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: Franko on February 10, 2011, 05:25:58 AM

Quick boy's get the jemmy bar, there's a vacant house in in Morningside with a broken A1200 ripe for the pickings... :lol:

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: swoslover on February 11, 2011, 02:48:13 AM

house haha i wish

that would make me a millionaire and unfortunately i am far from it

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: liamsibley on February 11, 2011, 07:01:02 AM

Quote from: swoslover;614540

I bought an A1200 on Ebay recently.

However despite having a hard drive the A1200 did not boot directly to this and goes straight to the floppy / hand kickstart screen.

While taking the A1200 apart the cable connecting the keyboard to the 1200 came out and I have been unable to reattach it.

So 2 questions, does anyone know where I can get some workbench disks for the computer?

Secondly, is there a reliable way of getting the darn cable back in?

the white connector pulls up slightly, you insert the cable and push the connector back down..

Title: Re: Workbench 3.0 disks and keyboard cable
Post by: swoslover on February 12, 2011, 01:34:02 AM

thanks

fingers crossed i dont f it up!