Hi together,

I’ve got a real A1200 disk drive mounted in my A1200NG.
Seems to work since I can boot inserted disks after loading a kick.
Same with Workbench 3.2: game disks mount correctly.

Problem: when I try to format a blank DD disk (new memorex pack) in workbench, it always says cylinder 0 can’t be formatted and stops. Tried several disks. Help
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Damn that board looks well leaked. You should have led with pictures.

I don't think it's quite as bad as it initially looks, he did say "The green stuff on the PCB in pictures is solder mask applied with an artist brush", which you can see in the images.

Getting 0.1 ohm is not always, depending on meter, as you have to take into account the natral resistance of meter being used.

Yep, that would be the reason for my statement of "close to 0.1 Ohms", and not "exactly 0.1 Ohms displayed on the meter".  Of course the meter leads, probe contact surface, etc, all contain a low value of inherent resistance, which are added to the overall displayed measurement.  A good meter will have a 'delta' function to negate the ~0.2-0.5Ω typically seen across the meter probes.  Or you can simply touch the probes together, record the value seen, then subtract that value from the displayed in-circuit measurement to get something closer to the truth, though you'll struggle with the accuracy of most hobbyist/consumer instruments at this level of measurement; not that it's especially relevant in this case.

The exact conductivity of the track/via isn't important, as the digital signal is in the magnitude of mA or μA.  Suffice to say, if you measure continuity between contact areas of the same net (this is the name for a specific signal carried between one and more points on a PCB), and your multi-meter indicates something in the region of < 1Ω, then the conductive path on the PCB is working.

And i have been using Pobolycwm since the bulletin board days and as my first compuseve email adress in 1991

Mentioned it, as we are Welsh to, .

And a message to the builders of this 600gs  I bloody love this system and although love this i am seriously considering the 1200nd next

Thankyou.

Amiga & Amiga CD32 joypad from ami64.com -> works

This has a standard DB9 connector, so of course it works.
Red and blue buttons are buttons 1 & 2, and being a CD32 replacement pad, the controller would likely work as a CD32 controller here too if the A600GS's firmware supported it.

What I like about this controller is that it has a number of different modes , accessed by button combinations, including rapid fire, and "Run & Jump" mode, where the two shoulder buttons are assigned to the dpad UP direction, allowing you to press the shoulder buttons to jump in platformers or accelerate in car racing games (no more thumb pain from holding up all the time!).

(edit: correct site link)

Cheers, found a site and loading whdload games 1 at a time as i remember games me and the missus played in the 90's. But atm we are still having too much fun with the lemmings games.
And i have been using Pobolycwm since the bulletin board days and as my first compuseve email adress in 1991

And a message to the builders of this 600gs  I bloody love this system and although love this i am seriously considering the 1200nd next