POWERING THE AMIGA THRU THE FLOPPY CONNECTOR

[reddwarfer]

Here's the story.....
I was putting my A1200 into a tower and when i came to test it it would not power up through the usual 5 pin power socket. I tried powering it up through the floppy drive connector and it  powers up fine so i can use this to power it.
The question is that the floppy power connector doesn't have -12v like the 5 pin power socket so what is -12v actually used for?

[reddwarfer]

While we're on the subject - im using an ATX PSU.
To switch the amiga on, i have shorted out a couple of wires so that when ever it is plugged in it switches on.

Is there any way of using the existing soft switch in the Tower case to switch the amiga on?

[reddwarfer]

Thanks