Oh dear :( A1200 internal HD problem...

[actung_bab]

l had this prroblem with one my second hand 1200s
l brought few years ago with the standred 40 meg drive.

all can say check the cable its not standed pc ide cable
as far as l know on of the pins is blanked of from memory.
so check its right.
all l did was press on the end going to the mother board.
and u should here it spin the actually hard drive.

also l found with amigas to boot from workbench floppy
helps when hard drives are getting funny ideas he he.

good luck mate
not easy when u got no suport from amiga

[actung_bab]

of topic l know what bbs software do u run.
and do still run bbs. here in new zealand far as l know
there arent any bbs around, l usded to run cnet 4 bbs software, l was going run it again as miss those days
l even remember running my bbs of a zip drive at one stage

 :roll:

[actung_bab]

yes l have to agree on all your points
though umm yeah can say that word xp isint to bad.
yeah l never did get my bbs on the net wanted to.
l really enjoyed the bbs thing . my mate ran pc one
l once had somone online and played quake at the same time
this was on ppc amiga . lucky it didnt crash ;-(
what whould u recomend as altertive os to windows

 :-D