Hi ppl
I've been out of the amiga community for quite some time, but have dusted off my A1200. The 1200 is mounted in a tower, with an ATX PSU and keyboard adapter, working quite well.
To my disappointment, i can't get my floppy to work, it might be dead. I've tried quite a bit with the cable and removing the blizzard PPC and bvision card it was running on back in the days.
I even bought Amiga OS 4.1 classic edition from Hyperion, they even sent me a floppy. But turns out it can't boot.
I can't seem to find the df0: in the early startup menu.
As i said, it's been quite a while since i've done serious amiga stuff, so i have forgotten many thing, but i want my kids to see what i was doing pre-internet.
The 1200 have both a HDD and SCSI cd-rom, but the HDD won't boot, but it is spinning.
Need a bit of advice on how to get my 1200 up and running. Is it wise to buy a GoTek so that i can get started? I want to eventually install the OS on my HDD and run things from there.
Please advise on how to proceed.
Mosher
Hi Mosher!
If your disk drive is dead, you can get a new one at Amigastore.eu (suitable for A1200 in tower) for 27,75 EUR. These are new drives and comes with guarantee.
http://amigastore.eu/en/327-internal-floppy-disk-drive-for-amiga.htmlYou can also connect your HD to a PC and use WinUAE to prep it. There are guides for this. Nowadays it is also popular to use Compact Flash (and other variants) cards for hard drives. There are so many options these days compared to the past.
Personally I'd get a new disk drive and then install Worbench and the lot.
Best of luck!
PS: I remember the nickname Mosher from the demoscene. Is that you? Just curious.
