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25 March 2017, 22:50
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Workbench issue A1200
Been through hell and back trying to get anything I do to work on this A1200.
I have the standard HDD it came with and Workbench 3.1 floppies. When I put System and Install in the drive it shows up as "DF0:????" But Extras, Fonts etc show up correctly named. I've either borked the drive, the disks are damageed or something else. Getting Workbench setup on the WINUAE is a no go, NOTHING I have done works for me, I just seem to reek of failure.. However the gotek drive I got today works at least.. |
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25 March 2017, 23:01
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Your best bet in that case then might be to get ADFs of the System and Install floppies and use the Gotek. It sounds like they're damaged - have you tried reading them in another Amiga?
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25 March 2017, 23:04
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I have an A500, I'll try that.<br /><br />
<br /><br /> Some guy I know might know a guy, but that's my only hope of getting anything working.. Endless tutorials, guides and videos and nothing goes my way.<br /> <br /> Just tried top gear 2.. even THATS shows up as DF0????<br /> <br /> It worked fine before because I had the flag selection screen, what is going on. Is it the emulator possibly? I'm using to standard cables, as I did use an extender I bought.. sigh Edit2: Tried amigakit's os install disc, "os install has a read error on disk block 1459" |
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25 March 2017, 23:12
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I can't remember if the Workbench 3.0 disks are formatted with FFS or not, but if they are, you won't be able to read them on the A500 if it still has a 1.x Kickstart unless you add FFS to your Workbench 1.3 setup.
Some games do show up as unreadable as a sort of copy protection. It could also be that the drive is marginal, reading some disks but not others due to either issues with head alignment or just plain dirty heads. Give them a clean with a head cleaning floppy and see if it helps. |
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25 March 2017, 23:14
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Might as well buy a new drive. if that doesn't work I am done. At least my A500 is working happily.
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25 March 2017, 23:17
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You could also use the A500 floppy drive in the A1200. It won't fit mechanically, but it'll work fine temporarily with the A1200's cover off for the purposes of installing the system...
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25 March 2017, 23:46
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Interesting.. thanks, i'll try that monday.
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