Weird issue with Amiga 600

[gertsy]

Thats what I thought too except its not?  Every site I looked says of course ntsc/pal information/signal IS contained in composite connections as well ( otherwise for example dvd players would work worldwide and it's not the case).
Trying to find one example (beside my practical experience) where a pal system would be seen in color on an ntsc system (also look at all the posts here from people with amigas that appear in b&w on their US tvs?) :huh:

Composite is the carrier format. The video information that is "composed" (combined) into the signal can be any standard video format PAL or NTSC or SECAM but not all of them.

BTW Hi and welcome back to the Amiga...

[gertsy]

The good news is a purple screen usually means the Amiga has passed all the Power on Self Tests (POST).  As the guys have pointed out somthing on your 600 is making it think it needs to wait for the floppy to boot(My interpretation).  So it could be a faulty floppy as mentioned.  Best thing to do is try it with a known working floppy drive.
Worst case it could be a dodgy CIA or Gayle Chip.  But try the floppy drive and cable first as they are the most likely candidates.

[gertsy]

Yes, I will try that as soon as I get back (currently in Zurich). I will open up my other 600 and try hooking up it's floppy that works fine. (i also want to swap the keyboards, since the one with the faulty floppy is whiter and the other has more yellowing).

I also bought on my previous trip 2 cf cards+adapters loaded with whdload. Are there games that are incompatible with this system? If so, any good solution for creating real floppies from images I can download?

As long as the A600s are HD versions (IE Have the HD Header)  Were there some without Hard Disks?  Not sure as I'm not an A600 guy.  I think there was also a minimum ROM version for the HD to work properly on the A600.  Do some searches to find out more.  I have CF cards in both my A1200 and A4000 and they work beautifully.  A silent A1200 is superb as a A600 will be.

[gertsy]

It fits in the original bracket and looks the way it did in 1993.  Thats about all.  BTW you forgot to mention it also uses more power and heats up your mainboard more.

4 GB SANDISK ULTRA(not a copy) rools.

[gertsy]

That's what I'm talking about. It's the Read/Write speeds that makes the overall usage of HD's faster. It's also confirmed by different benchmark programs. The "noise" of an 2.5" HD is hardly noticeable.

You're using IDEFIX!
2.1MB / Sec is about the max you'll get out of the standard A1200 IDE.  And yes IMO "all round" CF Cards rool.  

If you're still around WalterG74 and havent been scared off, a vanilla A600 is probably gonna be less than half the IDE speed of an A1200 probably around 700-800KB / Sec I guess..