Anybody know where I can get a floppy drive aligned?

[save2600]

I guess I'll be the bearer of bad news here... I am almost positive the A1000 does NOT have a jumper selection like the A2000 does that allows DF1: to boot. Also, the floppy drive in a 500 is much smaller and thinner than the 1000's. I do not believe they would be easily interchangeable. This and the buttons are different. Wider and thinner on the A500. You might have better luck simply tracking down an external 1010 floppy drive, remove its guts and swap out with the A1000...

[save2600]

I recently got a 1010, but could not get my Amiga to boot to "Insert Kickstart". I noticed that the power connector was oriented backwards, as well as the data cable. Attempted installation but did not boot. Reinstalled the original drive and my Ami boots again to Kickstart. 1010 also still works.

I will attempt having my original drive looked at unless you know what I am doing wrong or if I need an adapter, etc for the 1010 to work inside the Amiga1000.

Thanks

So, you removed and plugged in the drive from the 1010 into DF0: and the A1000 would not boot? Sounds like you didn't get the cabling right. Did you try reversing the ribbon cable? Observe which end the (usually) red wire sits in both your A1000 and A1010's ribbon cable. There's also a middle notch on the drive's male connector for reference. It's been quite a while since I swapped a 1010 drive with an A1000, but the transfer should be seamless. No jumpers to set or adapters needed.

[save2600]

caddywhampus ?

Kittywampus is an alternate form of 'kattywampus'. I use this phrase all the time to describe people and conditions around me. It's slang for 'messed up'. And according to an urban dictionary: kittywampus is a crazy word from south-western Wisconsin meaning-off-balanced, un-centred, or a general state of confusion. Didn't know it was "from" south-western, WI - but that would be par for the course!  lol