2 Sep
1999
2 Sep
'99
9:27 p.m.
In a message dated 9/2/99 9:11:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rexstout(a)uswest.net writes:
So, now I have an Amiga 500 with p/s, A520 video
adaptor
and what looks like a printer cable. No disks :-(, but it did have the
original box(wow! a 7MHz 68000 and 512K RAM!!!). Also got a C64 with 1541
drive, two joysticks and probably 50-70 disks(haven't gotten around to
counting. But hey, Pac-Man is in there!). The C64 seems to be working just
fine(not sure about the drive yet), but the Amiga isn't. When I finally
figured out how the A520 worked, all I could get on my Apple composite
monitor was a green screen with a blank area at the top(looked kinfa like
the video is off a bit inside the monitor, which is partially true but it's
not THAT bad... just some hidden text on the edge usually) which blinks
maybe every 10-15 seconds or so. No sounds, no text, not really any video
at all. The power light is kinda flashing, maybe once every second or
two(haven't timed it yet). Any ideas on what's wrong? I'll hold off on the
how do I use it questions until after I finish raiding the local library of
the computer books, but feel free to send me any tips and tricks for these
systems...
hmmm, if you have the A520 adaptor plugged in, you should be using the RF out
plug, or least that's what i used on mine. the amiga wont beep, but the disk
drive shoud be polling for a system disk; you should hear it. the screen
should show a hand holding a disk that says WORKBENCH.
power light certainly shouldnt flash! check to see if there's a memory wedge
installed undneath the computer. It's under the trap door. try taking it out
for testing.
2 Sep
2 Sep
10:45 p.m.
hmmm, if you have the A520 adaptor plugged in, you
should be using
the RF out plug, or least that's what i used on mine.
That works OK for a TV,
but composite monitors don't like RF too much. I
have the C64 hooked up to the TV right now and I don't want to redo
everything right now.
the disk drive shoud be polling for a system disk
Nope, nothing.
the screen should show a hand holding a disk that says
WORKBENCH.
Don't you need the disk for that? Or is it in ROM?
check to see if there's a memory wedge installed
undneath the computer.
There was. Reading the package carefully, it says Amiga 500
Deluxe. 512K
memory expansion pre-installed! Took it out and it still flashes the power
light. Thought there was no video for a second, but the A520 was just a
little loose. The power light flashes about once a second, and the screen
flashes every 10 seconds. Definitley something wrong.
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11 p.m.
check to see if
there's a memory wedge installed undneath the computer.
There was. Reading the
package carefully, it says Amiga 500 Deluxe. 512K
memory expansion pre-installed! Took it out and it still flashes the power
light. Thought there was no video for a second, but the A520 was just a
little loose. The power light flashes about once a second, and the screen
flashes every 10 seconds. Definitley something wrong. 
11:33 p.m.
From: John Rollins <rexstout(a)uswest.net>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: new computers... Finally!
<<snip>>
The Kickstart code on an A500 is in rom. It should boot to the
point where the bitmap of the hand holding the disk comes up
without any user intervention. It's the Kickstart rom that's the OS
loader -- you'll need the Workbench floppy from then on.
Always used my 500 on a 1040s monitor, so I can't comment on
the RF output. I never used the modulator for the Amiga.
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
the screen
should show a hand holding a disk that says WORKBENCH.
Don't you need the disk
for that? Or is it in ROM?
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