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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1000 Not Booting to Workbench
« on: July 20, 2016, 03:39:47 AM »
It'd be two different disks - one for Kickstart and one for Workbench.  Assuming the system hasn't been modified in some way to support an internal Kickstart ROM.  What does it show you if you power it on with no disk in the drive?
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Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1000 Not Booting to Workbench
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2016, 04:46:17 AM »
Quote from: Alley_Cat_Jack;811346
Also when booting without disk, I am greeted with the image to insert disk.


Yes, but which disk? Kickstart or Workbench? +1 for opening it up and finding out what's going on inside. Start simple, get the basics working before throwing on more, possibly broken, hardware. ;)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1000 Not Booting to Workbench
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2016, 08:34:38 AM »
Well, since Commodore never released a "combined" Kickstart+Workbench disk, it's pretty obvious that you're dealing with a system that's been modified by a previous owner. Possibly heavily so. It's possible that the disk contains just enough logic to get the system booted and then hand off the rest of the boot process to an external hard drive. A screenshot of the S:Startup-Sequence on the disk might yield some clues.

In any case, IMHO a thorough inspection (and probably a good cleaning) of the internals of the system should be your first step. Photograph and document everything you see that looks out of the ordinary. Then try to get it booting with standard Kickstart and Workbench disks. If you can get it going that far, then you can try re-adding some of that additional hardware you found.

Sounds like a fun project, keep us posted! :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1000 Not Booting to Workbench
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 06:40:18 AM »
Ha! Those disk labels are hilarious. :D

Any idea the history of this system? How'd it wind up in a barn?
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1000 Not Booting to Workbench
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2016, 06:30:15 AM »
954,376 free ram? That's not a standard ram expansion ya got on there.  Normal would be 256k on the motherboard + 256k in the front...
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos