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Offline bbond007

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Re: First HW problems with my new A1200...
« on: July 05, 2010, 10:08:15 PM »
Quote from: Quaxo76;569119
I finally almost finished my A1200 setup. I installed it with the KVM switch, installed the accelerator, the 3.1 roms, and the Indivision AGA scandoubler.
But I had some problems with the Indivision. Basically, you have to "clip" it on top of Lisa; but it doesn't stick. If I push really hard, and then very carefully remove my finger and don't touch it any more, then it works. But the smallest nudge to the Indivision causes it to "pop out" immediately.
What's going on here? I can't believe it's supposed to be so. What can I do? Is it possible I have a non-standard A1200?

And the image quality is OK, but there's something strange with the aspect ratio - i.e. the image doesn't fill all of my monitor. The bottom part is always black, and sometimes (with some screen modes) the WB screen is just a square in the middle of the screen, taking maybe 60-70% of the screen area (it's not clipped, it's just too small).

Also, I received my new PCMCIA ADF transfer kit. I tried to insert it, but it wouldn't go all the way in. I checked why and found that several pins of the PCMCIA port are badly bent (beyond recovery) and a couple are broken. It seems that someone really tried to shove something in that slot with a hammer.
I suppose there's no way to replace the connector? Do I have to consider this Amiga a total loss?

Last question: Is there ANY way to disable the Blizzard 1230 Mk.II at boot WITHOUT having to physically disconnect it? :)

Thanks for the attention!

Cristian


I have heard some A1200 revisions require that you sand a little off of the Lisa (and/or the FF) for a good fit.

I don't know of this is a good idea or not, but you may be able to use a little hot glue to secure the flicker-fixer.

I wish I had an Indivision for the A1200. I have one for my CD32 and it is nice. I wish my NTSC CD32 was more stable :)

Sorry to hear about your PCMCIA slot... I use mine for wireless networking. Maybe shop around for a 1200 main-board.

Anyway, here is a pic of my A1200's guts with 4 USB and 1 SATA port.