A1200 PINK Screen on bootup : Hep me!

[Damion]

A500 floppy won't physically fit (IIRC) but will be fine for test. The poor colors and blurry text can probably be attributed to the composite output -- it's terrible. Using a shielded cable specifically for video might help a little.

Naturally, the video output could be broken, but I'd try a better cable and another screen before condemning it (best would be to try the RGB output).

[Damion]

hamtronix wrote:
When I plugged in to test the A500 I bought off someone here it had garbage lines running down the hand/disk 1.2 screen. Anyone knows what that means?

Sounds like a video problem... (The "RCA" video out on the A500 is monochrome, and also not very good.)

[Damion]

You can take those drives apart, clean and lubricate where appropriate and it will probably be fine. There's also a tool on aminet for calibrating them (by matching an audio pitch, IIRC), though it's kind of a delicate job.