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help with a1200
« on: December 13, 2007, 04:52:01 PM »
 my uncle had an old a1200/40hd at his house. i offered to pay for but he wanted to get rid of it so he gave it to me. basically it is just the computer with what looks like a vga adapter(no scandoubler.)

i know i need a mouse (and an internal drive it seems)but am a little perplexed as to what monitor i should look at getting. also any additional hardware i should look into?


btw: it came with 3.0 and 3.1 os disks

most of the disks and the internal drive that came with it appears to be either dirty or dead.

money is an issue.
 
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Re: help with a1200
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2007, 10:43:35 AM »
sorry i wasn't clear internal Floppy drive is dead or needs cleaning.

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Re: help with a1200
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2007, 02:42:09 AM »
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Does it actually boot up ?


sure it boots even has the 3.1 roms in it. tho i might upgrade the hd(40meg). it was configured for a multisync monitor(commodore model # unknown.) needless to say it don't look to good on the 1084 i have but since it is dying(the monitor) that don't matter.
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Re: help with a1200
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2007, 02:44:36 AM »
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Get a can of air and blow out the drive. also you can try giving the floppy a couple of good pats. that fixed my a1200 drive that was 'dead'


good floppy *pat* *pat* :)


i will try to clean it though the fact it just clicks don't inspire confidence. :-(
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