About the PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard interface... I've seen many homemade-looking ones on the net, is there a way I could get myself the specs to that? As long as it doesn't require PIC programming. I don't wanna buy PCKey+Cocolino, it seems ridiculously pricey.
I had this problem when I built my A600 laptop. In the end I gave up trying to figure it out and bought one of these.
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=42&products_id=102&osCsid=4d298e345fe78743f07b41f33b430c1cPS2 to serial conversion is easy,
http://www.hardwarebook.info/PS/2_to_Serial_Mouse
Elbox 4xIDE: It has 4 connectors. One that goes on the amiga obviously, one "Primary port" 2.5" 44pin, one "Primary port" 3'5" 40pin, and finally one "Secondary port" 3.5" 40pin. Are the 44 and 40 pin 'Primary Ports' different or the same? I would think they are the same and that if I put a 2.5" HD on the 44 pin as master i can't also use a 3.5" HD as master on the Primary 40pin?
You can only use one primary port at a time, either 44 pin or 40 pin. If you use the 40 pin then you can have 4 ide devices; Primary master, primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave. If you use the 44 pin master then it is unlikely that you can find a 44 pin hardrive that will allow the use of a secondary device on that port.
750mb HD: I've put it in the 1200, booted on WB 3.0 from disk. I ran HDtools and it found the drive's config and I was able to partition the drive. After all the tweaks, closing the application reboots the amiga. After which my HD's are suposedly ready to format. However when I reboot I get the purple insert disk screen... so I boot from the web disk again and meh.... my HD partitions are there if I load HDtoolbox but Install won't see them. If I run HDSetup, another tool on the Install disk, I can choose 'partition drives' and it creates two partitions HD0 at 8mb and the rest of the drive is called HD1. It sorta 'mounts' them or something and the appear on the WB screen in the background. after that the app tells me I can run Install and get on with it. So that's what I do... and it installs to HD. takes about 15 minutes all in all for 6 disks. The thing reboots.... blam.. nothing. asks me for a disk again. So I boot the wb disk yet another time... no HD appear when wb loads....just disks. No matter hoe many times I Toolbox or Setup my HD... it disappears on reboot. furthermore, I don't see it in the a1200's boot menu when I hold down the rat buttons. Any ideas?
Strange one that, sounds possibly like the hard drive maybe taking a long time to run up. This was a known problem with some older hard drives. If you search aminet you will find a fix for this, if this is the problem. Once powered up and sitting there waiting for a boot floppy, try a soft reset, Ctrl A A. The hard drive is already run up so should be picked up, if this is the problem.
Let's say I tower my 1200 and use a pc keyboard on it. If I put the a600 in the old 1200's case (think of the place to add stuff!) can I simply hook on the 1200's keyboard to the 600's port and have the numeric keypad also?
No, you cant I'm afraid. Wrong size ribbon cable. Best bet is an A600 keyboard converter from Elbox.
Workbenches.. I'd like to put 2.1 on my A600 but I can't find all wb2.1 disks anywhere. All pages say that Cloanto sued their &*^&*^ because they own the prodcut and sell it.. so I get their product... and it only has the wb disk itself.. not the full set for installation. Dammit.. they sue it out of downloadable existence without offering the whole product? Does anyone know where I can get my hands on them disks without getting demagnetized "as-is" disks from ebay?
PFew... that was long 
Why 2.1? With the right ROM chip you can run with 3.9, so long as you up your memory.
Hope that helps.
