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i managed to find a towered 1200, with some assorted things but just wanted to ask here about some stuff to do with it.

i believe the tower is an eyetech ez-tower mk 4, and inside i have :-

A1200 with 3.0 roms
AT power supply (seems to been converted for the 1200)
A4000 keyboard adaptor
Squirrel SCSI
Elbox 4xEIDE'99
SCSI cd-rom
Floppy drive
A1200 8mb ram board with 68882 and battery (generic - no name on board)
DCE Scan Magic (external scandoubler/flickerfixer)
MountainGate Passport XL (which i believe is a caddy for removable scsi HD)
Maxtor SCSI HD (dont know how big yet)
Paravision M1230XA accelorator (68030/50/8mb)
and to top it off, an os3.9 cd

I can not get it started. there is no power going to the 1200, but there is to cd-rom. there is a blue wire that has been attached from the AT power supply and is going straight into the middle of the 1200 power socket on the back. i do not know if this is missing anything, or if i need to plug anything else into the 1200 to power it up, so does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks in advance!
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 12:31:10 PM »
problem is i dont have a normal power supply to use to test the 1200 at the moment. tried looking for instructions for this tower (to do with how the PSU is hooked up), but no luck so far.
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 06:26:43 PM »
its been suggested that i use one of the floppy power cables from the AT power supply to plug into the floppy connector on the 1200 mobo, so will see if that is what is not giving it enough juice.
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2009, 06:34:47 PM »
bloody hell it worked! only problem i have now is the squirrel and cd-rom do not auto boot, i have no mouse, no ide hd and no wb floppies!

ah well, mouse / ide cf adaptor and card / floppies are all at different address so thats no big deal. i am worried that the a3000 keyboard i have doesnt work. does anyone know if this only works after boot?
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2009, 06:38:58 PM »
it has been passed around a bit, and this was all left in a loft for many years. there is no way to contact who originally knew what was going on ;-)
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2009, 07:03:53 PM »
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I have no experience with your EZ-towr, but it does seem that there used to be more to your system than is there now.

i think that too, but hardware wise, only about a mouse and a ide hard drive
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The Squirrel SCSI plugs into your PCMCIA port?  The HD and the CDrom are connected thru that?  I don't remember if you can boot with Squirrel.

you cant which is why i need to get my ide cf adaptor back :D
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3.0 Roms will work with OS 3.0 and 3.1.  OS 3.5 and 3.9 require 3.1 roms.

yup, that is what puzzles me. i have a os3.9 disc, but 3.0 roms.
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1200 MB requires +5, +12, -12 volts and ground (common return) to power up.  These supply rails are included in your power supply.  If you are good with electronics, no sweat.  If not, getting any of these wrong will probably fry the MB.

its turned on, which is the 1st step :D
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There is a 030 accelerator AND a 8Meg ram expansion w/68882 installed at the same time?  How?

sorry for not being clear. i do have both, however the ram expander was in there, not the 030 accelerator.
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Was the EZ tower normally supplied with an AT power conversion cable?

i think it was an optional extra
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Detailed pics overall and up close (and in focus) will help others help you.

It does sound like a good find.

cant help with the pics, i have no camera at the moment. im now just researching about this 5pin din keyboard adaptor to see if this a3000 keyboard is actually working or not. i can not do a soft reboot from the insert disk screen.
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 12:56:59 PM »
well its up and running with a 256mb cf card for now, but i have encountered a few issues, so can anyone help me.

the keyboard adaptor i have is a 'EZKEY-SE Amiga Keyboard Adapter' which i plug the A3000 keyboard into, but it just does not work. i dont need any software to get this to work do i ?

i have no software disks so i dont have the drivers for the squirrel scsi. anyone know where i can get them?

the elbox 4xeide'99 adaptor also has no software. do i need to get into contact with elbox to get the drivers to use all ports, or can idefix97 help.

as i dont have any spare drives at the mo, im also thinking of connecting an old 80mb 2.5" hd to my pc through a usb adaptor so i can install stuff on that through winuae, so searching for a guide :-D
 

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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2009, 01:21:46 PM »
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as i dont have any spare drives at the mo, im also thinking of connecting an old 80mb 2.5" hd to my pc through a usb adaptor so i can install stuff on that through winuae, so searching for a guide :-D


forget that its DOA heh
 

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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2009, 01:24:31 PM »
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Maybe you can find the software for some of your hardware here;

http://www.l8r.net/install/index.html


doesnt look like anything there will help
 

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Re: just picked up some amiga items.. what are they and why dont they work!
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 11:11:48 PM »
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...it's documented well on the squirrel installation disks.


i know, but that is what im looking for.