Hello and Help!

[dez170871]

Hi all,

I have recently dug my old A1200 out of storage and being all nostalgic and dreamy eyed I had to see if it still worked - it did - perfectly - after seven years in storage even the clock was still correct!! Amazing

Anyway, I'd like to try and resurrect the trusty old A1200 and do something useful with it - any suggestions anyone?

Now for the "Help" part of my plea, I've read about O/S 3.5 and O/S 3.9 but can't find anywhere to purchase them (I am watching an auction on eBay for O/S 3.5) or find out enough detail to know which is the best option for a classic Amiga.

Thanks to you all in advance,
Dez

[dez170871]

Hi,

Good news, My A1200 seems quite well specced. It has an 68030 with FPU and MMU and I replaced the old Kickstart 3.0 ROMS with Kickstart 3.1 ROMS yesterday.

It also includes an Hard Disk and a Zappo CD Rom through the PCMCIA so I'm the way to getting it running again. Question:  Where can I get OS3.9 (Uk or Europe) - I have trawled the web and not come up with anything. I have my eye on OS3.5 on eBay but is it worth holding outn for OS3.9??

Thanks for all your help  :-D

[dez170871]

Thanks for the link to Vesalia, I've ordered myself an OS3.9 cd and a mouse adapter to save messing about with my slightly dodgy amiga mouse.

I'll keep you guys posted on how I get on with the rebuild once it all turns up!