Get WorkBench running on my Amiga 1200

[petercli]

Background :
I bought an Amiga 1200 on Ebay (unknown condition).
I hooked it up to a 1084s using RGB connector. (I live in USA, and use NTSC)
 
Booting up shows a blurry screen. Booting up holding 2 mouse buttons shows the "amiga early startup control" : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7956101654/in/photostream
 
 
I choose Display options , and noticed that NTSC is choosen.
Clicking Boot again shows a blury screen.
Clicking boot with no startup sequence shows a CLI.
 
Next I typed "INFO" and observe that DF0 has unreadable disk , even with a good disk : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7956098696/in/photostream
 
 
Goals:
 
-Get workbench working. Why doesn't WB screen start?
 
-fix my floppy. I tried to boot off the WB Install disk but no luck. Is my floppy drive dead?
 
-Get the machine to default to ntsc. (I've read tons of very confusing articles about switching to ntsc)

[petercli]

amiman99,
 
Huge progress today !
I followed your steps , and now I see the screen preferences screen :
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7958280142/in/photostream
 
All the choices say NTSC.
(I  saw a dialog box saying 'please insert volume ENV in any drive' which i cancelled)
 
I ran the Avail command :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7958383830/in/photostream
 
Does the lack of fast ram mean i need to go to a lower resolution ?
 
Also, Any idea why the INFO says DF0 is 'unreadable disk'  ? Is it defective? If so , how hard is it to replace ?
 
Thanks a ton,
Peter

[petercli]

Matt,
Your suggestion worked ! Thanks to everyone !
 
Also, I started a new thread regarding the floppy problem. I'll buy a  3 1/2 floppy cleaning kit . If that fails, I will pop open the case .
Cheers, Peter

[petercli]

Are you talking about the screen preferences screen shapshot ? The only working Amiga i have is the a1200, which I bought on ebay Untested.
 
Does the 256 colors  mean its a amiga 600 motherboard ?
 
Thans, Peter

[petercli]

Those are pictures of my dead a600