DF:0 BAD ???

[orange]

does the FDD make any sound? when you insert diskette?
if not, check the power connector on drive, it usually breaks , move it a bit. (might need resoldering)

[thanos]

I am convinced the drive is dead...

I have ordered a floppy simulator cable.
I will order a replacement floppy drive and a few new disks from Amigakit.

1. I hope to connect a winblows PC to the internal floppy connector in my A2000.
2. I hope to use my external drive to create a few working disks from images on my HD.
Yes I have bought a several software titles, knowing that the old disks probably don't work...
3. I will reconnect the internal drive with the replacement.

Play some old games?  The damn machine is only an OCS model...
Whats wrong with me anyways?

Yep... I still have a lot of questions about my A2286.
I will be visiting a friend who owns a shop and snooping around for some old ISA stuff. Damn...

[CLS2086]

Hi,
so my advice :
open the external drive, and pickup drive and its data cable and put it in the A2000 and tell us what happen.

OCS so you might have kick 1.3 and no early kick...

and if you have a bunch of dead floppy drive, i can try to make some relive  :rtfm:

[thanos]

Heya...

I would guess that I do have kickstart 1.3.

I was wondering if there was a relationship between that and the early startup menu.
I had considered upgrading the kick roms, but thought it wouldn't be too helpful.
I was planning to play some old games, not break the bank.

I had a look at the external drive, and decided not take it apart any further.  I will wait until my PC-AMIGA cable arrives, and see what that does for me.

I also have to plans to...

1. use an ISA video card, though I'm not sure why.
2. use an ISA network card, file transfers?

Ahh well, time to spend some quality time with the wife, at least I know what all the pieces do, if only she'll let me near...