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| Broken a1200? | 2/7/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have an a1200 Elbox tower + Mediator a1200 which fails to boot any drive. My setup is: a1200 ...
A: I wish I could give you some advice on what to do, but I'm unfamiliar with most of the hardware that ...
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| A1200 won't boot with HDD | 1/31/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I bought a 2gb toshiba hdd and cradle off ebay and put it in my A600. It worked fine but now comes ...
A: I sent a reply the same day you asked this question, but for some reason, it was not delivered by ...
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| amiga 600 | 1/11/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: ive got an amiga 600.what lead/s do i need to connect to my new flatscreen monitor? whatever lead it ...
A: Although I don't personally know how well the following device works, it claims to work with the ...
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| Amiga 600 | 1/6/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I recently bought an Amiga 600 off ebay. The machine works when plugged in as the green light comes ...
A: Providing you've tried the correct channel on your TV (each TV is different, so I don't know which ...
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| Commodore Amiga 500 | 1/6/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I recently bought a commodaore amiga from ebay for my Dad. We had one years ago but no one can ...
A: If what you see is a light gray color, it sounds like your Amiga may well have a defective CIA ...
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| Commodore Amiga 500 | 1/2/2010 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I recently bought a commodaore amiga from ebay for my Dad. We had one years ago but no one can ...
A: When you first turn on your Amiga, do you see a white screen with a hand holding a diskette? In ...
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| Amiga 500 won't boot with hard drive attached | 12/12/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I own a amigo 500 with a mate at controller and hard drive plugged into the expiation port. This is ...
A: This is a follow-up to your originalThis is a difficult one to answer, as I'm not familiar at all ...
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| amiga 1200 hard drive knightmare | 12/2/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I don't know where to start really theres so many issues. I guess the first thing i need to ...
A: The following link from Classic Amiga Wiki is what should do the trick for you in this regard: ...
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| amiga 1200 hard drive knightmare | 12/2/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I don't know where to start really theres so many issues. I guess the first thing i need to ...
A: I wish I could give you an answer as to why Pinball Fantasies is not saving your high scores, but I ...
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| Disk drives | 10/14/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i think my 600 disk drive is broken and was given a 500, do you reckon an Amiga 600 can use an Amiga ...
A: While I can't say I know for sure (seeing as I've never tried it), I suspect that the Amiga 500 and ...
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| Amiga error CPU Exception | 8/2/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: My trusty desktop A1200 has recently stopped most of my "Prefs" and some other items from ...
A: Do you get the guru only when you try to run one of the programs you mentioned, or does it also ...
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| amiga problem | 7/4/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I was just given an old Amiga 2000 that I used to play when I was young. The first time I plugged ...
A: If the first time your system booted up by itself without needing a Workbench disk inserted into the ...
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| hd trouble | 5/8/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i just got giving an Amiga 600 with wb2.5. i put in a small ide hd from my old laptop but the amiga ...
A: You've referred to Workbench 2.5, but I assume you mean 2.05 (which came bundled with the Amiga ...
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| Problem with reading | 4/29/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Since I have Amiga 1200 in top condition I took disk drive from Amiga 1200 and put it in Amiga 500. ...
A: If you're sure all of your diskettes are good, it's strange indeed that half of them suddenly ...
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| Problem turning on my old Amiga 500 | 4/12/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have just gotten my old Amiga 500 (which has been stowed away in a cardboard box for years) back ...
A: Since you're not getting any kind of feedback (i.e. solid-colored screens) from your Amiga 500, I ...
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| amiga 500 | 3/20/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i have a friend from england who has an old amiga 500 - how do we change to use united states ...
A: I'm not very familiar with electrical adapters or what's required, but the folks at the following ...
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| amiga 500 | 2/13/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: f1.and spacebar or return..the caps lock button usually goes green nothing either...can you help me ...
A: From what you've described, it sounds like your keyboard needs replacement (the caps lock button ...
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| A1200 Hard Drive Size | 2/3/2009 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have an Amiga 1200 with a hard drive. How can I tell hwo big it is?
A: If you double-click the hard drive in question, the size is listed in the title bar of the window ...
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| amiga 1200 keyboard | 12/25/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i have aquestion, when my amiga 1200 starts up everything works fine, but when i use a text editor ...
A: Was the keyboard that you replaced the faulty one with a new one? I'm not 100% sure about the Amiga ...
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| Amiga Floppy Drive | 11/9/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: My original drive appears to be extremely dirty. The problem is that the old 720 Floppies seem to ...
A: You should be able to find both replacement internal/external drives and low-density disks via one ...
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| Amiga 500 startup problems | 11/6/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i just got an Amiga 500 from ebay and im having some problems with it. I noticed a disk was stuck in ...
A: It sounds like your boot disk is bad (seeing as it apparently tries to load Workbench, but fails, ...
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| A4000T No mouse movement | 11/6/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have a A4000t boots up fine and everything works all but the mouse movement. Both buttons work and ...
A: From what you describe, I can't help but wonder if perhaps the mouse input connector itself is bad ...
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| Amiga HDD boot up | 11/5/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i've just got my old A600 out from the loft to play some old games with my son, I purchased a 3.1gb ...
A: I'm not sure why your hard disk drive isn't autobooting if it had Workbench installed on it, but if ...
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| problemas | 11/2/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Yo tengo una A4000,al encenderlo (power up) la pantalla cambia a un color blanco y el equipo no ...
A: Jorge, Knowing the nature of the problem you're encountering, I would recommend finding a qualified ...
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| problemas | 11/1/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Yo tengo una A4000,al encenderlo (power up) la pantalla cambia a un color blanco y el equipo no ...
A: I'm not sure why your Amiga is not getting past the white screen during bootup, as it is the final ...
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| Amiga 1200 | 10/21/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have had an amiga 1200 ( Desktop dynamite edition )which I know had a hard drive. I have not used ...
A: Just type in "DH0:" (without the quotes) and press return--or, if that doesn't work, "HD0:" (note ...
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| new amiga | 10/16/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i am staying in mumbai , india, i want new amiga a1200,can you help me in this...
A: Although I believe there are some Amiga dealers in India, I unfortunately don't know any specific ...
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| A500+ doesn't boot up | 10/3/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I just got a second-hand Amiga 500+ from someone who has stored it away for quite a while, and says ...
A: There's no easy way to know whether the problems are coming from the diskettes themselves, or the ...
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| Amiga 1200 | 10/2/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have had an amiga 1200 ( Desktop dynamite edition )which I know had a hard drive. I have not used ...
A: Once you've booted using the Workbench 3 disk, what happens if you type "DH0:" or "HD0:" (without ...
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| A500+ doesn't boot up | 9/29/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I just got a second-hand Amiga 500+ from someone who has stored it away for quite a while, and says ...
A: As you found on Google, the green screen is indeed an indication of bad Chip RAM; unfortunately, I'm ...
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| Amiga 500 crashes | 9/26/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I have a program that I use on the Amiga called Pro Video Gold. It's a character generator. I also ...
A: Unfortunately, it's very difficult to know what might be causing your Amiga 500 to freeze--though it ...
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| expasion board | 8/2/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: amiga A1200 I have a expansion board DKB 1202 8meg ram works fine it has an option for a fpu 68882 ...
A: Do you have the original documentation for the 1202? I've been unable to find anything more specific ...
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| amiga 500 audio | 7/12/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I'm not especially good with computers, my amiga 500 wasn't playing audio correctly, like it left ...
A: To be honest, I'm not sure what the source of the problem would be--and I say that because as you've ...
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| amiga 500 boot up problem | 7/3/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I do have the workbench disk. No matter what drive its in, the workbench screen still pops up. Even ...
A: It sounds like your Workbench disk is corrupt, seeing as Workbench refuses to load from it, which ...
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| booting up a amiga drive? | 7/2/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: i recently got an external floppy drive for my amiga 500. the drive is a amiga 1010 drive and it ...
A: If you're seeing a Workbench/hand screen, it sounds like you do not have a Workbench disk in order ...
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| Amiga 3000 - Drop down menus have disappeared. | 6/30/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I recently blew the board on my 105meg scsi internal hard drive. The computer would no longer boot. ...
A: While the computer shop that you took it to did a great job of trying to recover your old hard drive ...
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| A500 Problem | 6/29/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Are you familiar with this kind of problem: When I switch the power on to a500, it works well except ...
A: I haven't heard of the kind of keyboard problem you're encountering, but one (or more) keyboard ...
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| Buying an Amiga | 6/22/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: I want to buy the real Amiga after emulating it for a while. I have always been fascinated by the ...
A: There is a new version of the OS (4.0), but as for a 'new' version of the Amiga in terms of ...
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| SupraDrive 500XP External SCSI question | 6/15/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Greetings. I have an Amiga 500+ with 20mb External SupraDrive 500xp . It works great but I've ...
A: It sounds like you've been doing the right thing, and I wish I had a clear-cut solution for you, but ...
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| Connecting amiga 500 to TV | 6/14/2008 | Gregory Donner |
Q: Basically I want to know if it is possible to connect an amiga 500 to a modern TV and if so how? The ...
A: It might be possible, but I would be sure to use an A520 TV/RF modulator (link with photos below) ...
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