| From: | Mick Foster |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2000 at 06:24:08 |
| Subject: | Re: Busted A1200s |
Replying to Andrew...
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I've had a rather nasty thing happen...
>
> First of all, I was on the internet when genesis suddenly went
> offline, although the modem was still connected. I then found that
> both the serial port and disk drive wouldn't work! I turned it off,
> and back on for a bit and it worked again for a few minutes, but then
> it died again.
>
> To test some of the hardware, I ran a few demos on it. The sound
> didn't work on just about all of them. Busted CIA right?
>
Afraid not... sounds as if Paula has handed her notice in as she deals with
disk and serial matters and a few other things as well as sound.
> I then decided to leave it off for a bit (over night) to see if it'd
> work again in the morning.
>
> When I tried using it again, it wouldn't boot at all!
>
>
Oh dear.
> I've now had to swap all the bits with my old A1200 which has
> problem: alot of the time it won't boot, the clock won't tick
> (causing problems with the wait command and Genesis) and kboard
> interface seems busted too, as it keeps printing out random chrs,
> just 88ok 1h't happen' when I don't''''''''bother going back
> and''''deleting the erro2s !!!!~!!
>
> Although it could be the keyboard, I'm gonna try the other one...
>
Nope... I still think it's Paula...
>
> Anyway, apart from buying another A1200, is there anything I can do to
> fix them?
Do you have a decent electronics repair man nearby? It could be dodgy
joints, but equally, it could just be old age. It would probably be cheaper
to buy a new S/H A1200. My local CC knocked them out for less than a tenner
when I bought the last five they had.
Sorry I can't help more.
Kind regards,
Mick.
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