Amiga 1200 rebuild, what should I do to this machine? WHDLoad?

[jltursan]

5 - I'm thinking about the CF Card IDE interface from AmigaKit:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=883
Anything else worth considering to replace the hard drive?  Anything easier to access from the outside?

Also ditch the hard drive and get a CF. Kipper2k makes a 90-degree  adapter that allows you to access the CF from outside the case.

I'd say, but get a 8GB cheap DOM instead a cable+CF adapter+CF or purchasing specific pieces of hardware. Transfer software from the outside using a simple PCMCIA SD/CF adapter.

[jltursan]

If you are sending it to Acill, have him check the IDE header. The  machine I rescued had the header almost completely corroded away by cap  leakage; needed to replace it.

An absolute must. I've seen this in two A1200, the IDE pins broke even before the motherboard gets damaged, it's extremely easy to pull the cable and find that some pins are still inside the connector