More money then sense?

[runequester]

Yeah I'm crossing my fingers on one of my 4 LCDs works.  My first add-on I'm thinking is a PCMCIA network card at amikit. I think it's around $36. Would tracking down a subway USB make more sense?  Oh and depending on the hard drive life one of those IDE to CF adaptors.

I have wireless internet on my 1200. It was a royal bitch to set up, but that may just be my incompetence

Its fun to have though. CF adapter is great too, both IDE and PCMCIA

[desiv]

I have wireless internet on my 1200. It was a royal bitch to set up, but that may just be my incompetence

Dang.
I'm stuck with "wired" ethernet..
That is so 2000's..  

Although, since my 1200 is about 10 feet away from my router, it's working for me..  ;-)

@mbob - That's a nice machine..  Happy with my 030 1200, but a 40 is REALLY NICE....
Good pickup..

desiv

[guest7146]

Dang.
I'm stuck with "wired" ethernet..
That is so 2000's..  

I actually prefer wired ethernet.  It's more secure, perhaps more reliable (though wifi connections are pretty decent these days), potentially much faster, and you're subjecting your body to radiation in order to get it.

wifi connections are good for true mobile devices like smartphones and netbooks etc.  The only other advantage to them is that they're convenient in terms of not having to wire your rooms with Cat5.

AH

[mbob]

I received it today and am having some trouble. It doesn't boot some times and i have had power cut off. I suspect hard drive issues may be possibly causing it at times and something else which caused it to drop power all together. A few times I thought it was dead for sure but a few minutes later with a retry and it would work.

I have an IDE to compact flash adaptor coming Saturday to cure any possible issues with the hard drive but I will have to continue troubleshooting what else is wrong. Possibly an a500 power supply is needed with that 040 card. I read they have more juice. It's certainly more touchy then I expected even though the case is immaculate.

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[mbob]

Oh yeah it's crashed also just switching up to 256 colors and other times it doesn't.

[stefcep2]

I ran an apollo 1240 until I converted it to an 68060.  I found the standard A1200 power supply wasn't enough for the A1200, 1240 and hard drive.  No problems with the A500 power supply though.

[runequester]

The power supply may very well be the culprit. The A1200 power supply isn't really up to snuff, except for a pretty basic system with very little expansion. An A500 supply will work a bit better. Amigakit sells some solid ones as well.

[mbob]

Cool so others agree I'm on the right track. Thanks for the reply. I looked on amigakit last night and couldn't find an american version of the A500 PS except for one that is for case conversion. http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=866 ,  I'm still hunting.
 
Oh and I emailed the original owner and he suspects the 040 board as well. He told me to reseat it but I am almost certain it's power.

[runequester]

I actually use the case conversion one. Its ugly sitting on the desk but it works flawlessly.

[bbond007]

I received it today and am having some trouble. It doesn't boot some times and i have had power cut off. I suspect hard drive issues may be possibly causing it at times and something else which caused it to drop power all together. A few times I thought it was dead for sure but a few minutes later with a retry and it would work.

I have an IDE to compact flash adaptor coming Saturday to cure any possible issues with the hard drive but I will have to continue troubleshooting what else is wrong. Possibly an a500 power supply is needed with that 040 card. I read they have more juice. It's certainly more touchy then I expected even though the case is immaculate.

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See if you can get this power supply... its really nice...

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57275&highlight=power+supply+cd32