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#amiga won't work
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Tan,
You don't say what happens when you try to use the machine now. Do you try
inserting the KickStart disk? Does it try to read from the internal drive
(does the light turn on?) Does the power light flash?
If your screen is blank, have you checked the monitor connections ? What
kind/brand of monitor are you using?
I very much doubt that the drive will trash a write protected disk unless
it has a manufacturing defect. But, I think you should be ashamed of such
wreckless operation of a computer, since you say you have four years
experience. Any sophisticated electronic equipment (not just computers) should
not be flashed on and off. It is best not to turn off such equipement if you
forsee a possibility of using it within the next few hours. Power-on is the
most stressful situation a computer encounters. Also, never eject a disk while
the busy light is on and then give the drive two or three seconds settling time
except on special programs such as COPYDISK.
Allen Kirisuk
Allen,
Thanks for your reply–but don't scold me for bad behavior around the
computer. I didn't flash it off and on. It crashed in the middle of the
Electronic Arts demo that came with the computer, and the keyboard was frozen
so I couldn't do a Ctrl-A-A reset. I gave it a few seconds before turning it
back on, but didn't count them. I usually give my IBM 10 seconds, so I assume
the pause was within the 5-10 second range. As far as taking the disk out
goes, I had the choice of turning the machine off with the disk in the drive or
taking the disk out without waiting for the drive to turn off, because when the
keyboard froze the disk drive kept running.
What the computer is doing now is just not working. It doesn't do the
self-test music, and doesn't send anything to the screen. If you put disks in
the drive the light comes on as if it were reading them, then turns off again.
I took itto the dealer today, and they said they still hadn't received service
kits (this dealership was the first in Southeastern Louisiana to get Amigas in
stock) and that I would have to take it to the local fixit to get a diagnosis.
If it takes longer than a week to fix, they will swap it out for me, but they
don't have one coming in until then–unless I want the one the store owner has
at home for his girl friend to play with.
I'm not upset with them, they're friends and I do DP for them
sometimes. I'm just disappointed that I can't play with my new machine. And
wondering just how delicate it is–I take very good care of my IBM, but I've
had it open dozens of times testing hardware and nothing has happened. Once
when I was reviewing a graphics board I turned around to see my two-year-old
(who was supposed to be in bed) playing with MY graphics board. It still
works, two years later. And our C64 has had a chair dropped on it and chili
spilled in it, has been left on for twenty-four hours on several occasions
because you can pause Loderunner but not save it, and it still works. Well, it
has a new motherboard…but, anyway. I set that Amiga up following the
instructions
Just dropped in here and noticed your msg. I am talking on an Amiga for the
purposes of this reply, but sitting in the next room in my MIDI recording
studio is a C64 that hasn't been turned off in almost two years (other than to
reboot, of course). No matter what the critics might say, it IS an awesome
little machine! regards, hoby cook
Just dropped in here and noticed your msg. I am talking on an Amiga for the
purposes of this reply, but sitting in the next room in my MIDI recording
studio is a C64 that hasn't been turned off in almost two years (other than to
reboot, of course). No matter what the critics might say, it IS an awesome
little machine! regards, hoby cook
Just dropped in here and noticed your msg. I am talking on an Amiga for the
purposes of this reply, but sitting in the next room in my MIDI recording
studio is a C64 that hasn't been turned off in almost two years (other than to
reboot, of course). No matter what the critics might say, it IS an awesome
little machine! regards, hoby cook
Just dropped in here and noticed your msg. I am talking on an Amiga for the
purposes of this reply, but sitting in the next room in my MIDI recording
studio is a C64 that hasn't been turned off in almost two years (other than to
reboot, of course). No matter what the critics might say, it IS an awesome
little machine! regards, hoby cook
Allen,
Thanks for your reply–but don't scold me for bad behavior around the
computer. I didn't flash it off and on. It crashed in the middle of the
Electronic Arts demo that came with the computer, and the keyboard was frozen
so I couldn't do a Ctrl-A-A reset. I gave it a few seconds before turning it
back on, but didn't count them. I usually give my IBM 10 seconds, so I assume
the pause was within the 5-10 second range. As far as taking the disk out
goes, I had the choice of turning the machine off with the disk in the drive or
taking the disk out without waiting for the drive to turn off, because when the
keyboard froze the disk drive kept running.
What the computer is doing now is just not working. It doesn't do the
self-test music, and doesn't send anything to the screen. If you put disks in
the drive the light comes on as if it were reading them, then turns off again.
I took itto the dealer today, and they said they still hadn't received service
kits (this dealership was the first in Southeastern Louisiana to get Amigas in
stock) and that I would have to take it to the local fixit to get a diagnosis.
If it takes longer than a week to fix, they will swap it out for me, but they
don't have one coming in until then–unless I want the one the store owner has
at home for his girl friend to play with.
I'm not upset with them, they're friends and I do DP for them
sometimes. I'm just disappointed that I can't play with my new machine. And
wondering just how delicate it is–I take very good care of my IBM, but I've
had it open dozens of times testing hardware and nothing has happened. Once
when I was reviewing a graphics board I turned around to see my two-year-old
(who was supposed to be in bed) playing with MY graphics board. It still
works, two years later. And our C64 has had a chair dropped on it and chili
spilled in it, has been left on for twenty-four hours on several occasions
because you can pause Loderunner but not save it, and it still works. Well, it
has a new motherboard…but, anyway. I set that Amiga up following the
instructions