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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Melun / France
Age: 42
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A noob question (A1200 floppy dead? + cf/ide project?)
Hey all,
I finally got back a stock A1200 from my parents' ![]() I was so happy to plug it back.... but! I tried to insert some floppies (like workbench or magazine disk/games) but the A1200 reads it like the disk is empty and the screen goes back to the classic animation "insert a disk". So I found myself a little disppointed, and despite opening it and tried to "clean" the floppy disk, it's still the same. So I suspect it to not work anymore. Now i'm thinking about some solutions (and an opportunity to upgrade, too bad i won't be able to buy a ACA1230/28 my wife would aggro me straight away!). I can of course replace the floppy disk by ordering a new one. But I would like to buy a CF/IDE adapter in order to get a "hard drive" for my A1200. I thought that if via Amiga Forever/WinUAE I create some hdf (and then follow some tutorial to install a clean WB--classicWB?) with my PC, maybe i could transfer it to the CF card, will the A1200 boot from the "hard drive", or will I still need a floppy disk to initiate a boot to make this "hard drive" recognized by my Amiga? The final question is to know if I still need a new floppy disk drive, or would I only stick to a CF/IDE adapter ? (ok it's just to avoid to buy a floppy disk, and eventually transfer ADF PC>Amiga via an additional PCMCIA CF adapter) Thanks for your feedbacks! ![]() Alexou |
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Professional slacker!
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Hi Alexou,
Once you have installed a clean workbench on your CF card and have installed it in your Amiga via a CF-IDE adapter your Amiga will boot straight from the CF card without the need for a boot floppy. Classic Workbench is a great choice becuase it has lots of useful tools already included such is unzipping tools, WHDLoad, Music players, paint, Wordpad, etc. However, there is a but... You will need some sort of Ram expansion or accelerator to enjoy it becuase 95% of WHDload games will need more than the stock 2mb Ram to run and even a light classic workbench will eat into 25% or more of that chip Ram... If the ACA030 is a bit pricy for your Wife to accept there are other options such as a 4/8mb Ram upgrade which you can pick up for between £30-40 or a Blizzard/Apollo 1220 which should be <£60 however, if you can get her to sign off an ACA030 you wont be disapointed as they really look like great value ![]() All the best and if you need any help setting up the CF we're here ![]() Steve. ps. Just realised, if it helps I have a spare Floppy Drive here that is working fine you could have for a £5 + P&P... Although to be honest you probably wont use one again if you get a Ram upgrade and CF card! |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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It is possible to set up the CF card with the help of WinUAE, and that way you won't need to use the floppy drive at all. If you, in addition, get a CF card reader for the PCMCIA slot you can transfer more files to the A1200 on a second CF card later without having to take the actual system hard drive (CF card) out each time. So your plan is sound
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Melun / France
Age: 42
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Thanks for your replies, i see things clearer now
![]() Gotta order soon all these things ! Cya soonish for new Amigan adventures (for when i get the CF/IDE adapter ![]() ps: thanks for the proposal Steve but indeed if i won't be needing one anymore... ![]() |
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Professional slacker!
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Good luck
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#6 |
The 1 who ribbits
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yay CF/HDD beats FDD
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