A1200 slowly dying?

[gertsy]

Huston I'd like to report that I have a bad feeling about this mission.  

[gertsy]

So it's not the indi, but it appears to be the kickstart roms. I now get a purple only screen no animated disk.

So going to see if I can find my 3.0 roms, if not try and find some cheap 3.1 roms :-)

You haven't been having a disco in your room again with that strobe and ultraviolet flouro ?  Here's hoping it's the ROMs. Less $ for sure.

[gertsy]

So after purchasing some new kick roms same issues -

FastATA = Black screen/no life.

No FastATA = Scrambled corrupt boot screen picture.

RGB + Svideo adapter = Black screen/no life.

Conclusion dying/faulty motherboard and possibly a faulty FastATA. (Brand new FastATA from Amigakit)

Back to searching for a new motherboard :-(

Hmmm. Sorry to hear Lurch. Hopefully the fastATA is okay at the very least.

[gertsy]

Hey Lurch.  I got a second Amiga 1200:  An Amiga technologies version.  It's been sitting in storage for over 5 years and my main A1200 is running fine.  It seems a shame to be sitting doing nothing when there's an Amigan looking for one. If you're interested make me an offer and I'll send it across the Tasman.
It has some uneven yellowing on the case and keyboard but the MB is fine.  Well it was last time I used it.  Will pull it out and test it if you're interested.

[gertsy]

That would be great, I'm not sure what to offer though from the huge range on pricing I've seen. Pretty keen if it's a live.
Might leave it up to you what price you want to sell it for :-)
It would certainly be going to a good home, I was using the A1200 daily :-(

Will pull it out tonight to make sure its working. If it's operating D'you want the whole 1200,or just the MB?

[gertsy]

Would be kind of sad to pull it apart, although you could use the case and keyboard for spares?

Always sad when an Amiga is pulled apart. If you are okay with it the MB would be fine, might be cheaper to send?

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 :-)

Agree. But It's probably safer to keep the MB in it's case. Got it out last night turned on okay. Left it running over night. Will let you know how it went tonight. The house didn't burn down last night so that's a good thing. Both the case and keyboard have uneven yellowing as unit was in a video generator case in a retail store.  I'm tempted to take the floppy out as a spare.

How is a$100 for the unit minus the floppy plus postage to Orkland ?
If you think that's too much just let me know.

Cheers.

[gertsy]

You weren't joking about the parcel postage.  $53 for 4KG.  International couriers were $70.  For up to 1KG it's $21. So it might be a better option to remove the MB. I'm guessing the MB on its own is around 1KG  
BTW it seems to be running fine.  I'm just going to look for a test floppy from Aminet to run it again overnight check the sound and everything.

Let me know what you want to do.

[gertsy]

Hi.  Sound checks out fine.  Left Bubble and Squeak running last night to keep it warm.  Running fine this morning.  Couldn't resist doing a couple of levels.

So caps are good (or working at least).

Added some pictures so you can see the tan lines.  The flash from my phone makes it look worse than it is in "room light".  This is the result of the unit being in an enclosure for many years that only exposed the tanned section.

Let me know how you want it posted.  If I take the MB out I'll make sure its packaged up as safely as it can be. But probably still not safe enough for a disgruntled Kiwi postal worker.

Cheers

[gertsy]

@gertsy Monies sent :-) Until then I'll drool over the pictures LOL

It's winging it's way to you now. (Well actually its probably still sitting at the post office at this very moment.) All safely bubblewrapped and packed in a double cardboard Polk Audio box.

Let me know when it arrives.

Cheers and enjoy.