Hello all. I've been reading through the posts and have relearned a lot of what I've forgotten plus learned a bunch of new stuff. What a wonderful knowledge base!
The last time I used my A1200/40HD was back in 1997. I was dialing into the net and using PINE for reading my email. I also remember using a browser but since I knew very very little about how the net worked, my friend Brian set up everything for me. When my ISP made some changes, that pretty much rendered my A1200 useless for surfing the net since I had no idea how to reconfigure it. I understand getting an Amiga online is much easier than it used to be.
I went downstairs to my old computer desk and disconnected everything from the 1200 and brought it upstairs. I took it all apart, thoroughly cleaned everything, and reassembled it. It powered right up! I forgot that my brother had installed an 030 accelerator (Microbotics 1238 XL or some such name) with 8 megs of ram. I heard the hard-drive spool up but the 1200 insists on just sitting there with the kickstart screen. I was able to boot off some floppies and play FA18 and some demos but I'm miffed as to why the the 1200 will not boot off of the HD. What could have happened and does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? I had some cool games and stuff on the drive and I sure hope it isn't toast by now. Thanks for the help and suggestions. I'm going to continue reading through the forums and try to figure this out on my own but I'd appreciate anyone with some knowledge guiding and directing me on how to get this awesome little machine working again. I'm wanting to put a wireless card in it and use for surfing the net again.
Erin
