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ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2017

Entry 5th May 2017: Post: 2


Given up kinda on the 1060


Hi

I have had to put on ice the 1060 project. Not sure if you have ever 
seen a 1060 sidecar for the Amiga 1000 but when connected up it takes up 
quite a bit of space. I include the post below which I just placed on 
Amiga Org requesting assistance. You will get the idea from the message.

http://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz548.htm

It really is a kinda chicken and egg scenario. I need the 5.25" disk to 
check the drive. But to create the 5.25" I need the drive working and 
the drive needs the 5.25" disk to create the disk to see if the drive is 
working.... and on and on.

Here is what I posted...

I have an Amiga 1060 connected to an Amiga 1000 and both power up and 
the Amiga 1000 is working. I have no way of checking if the 1060 is 
working. On that power-up on these units let me start by discussing 
this. You run the pass through from the 1060 to the back of the Amiga. 
That way the power from the sidecar comes from the 1060 when switched 
on. ALWAYS switch the Amiga 1000 on first, though nothing will happen 
until you power up the Amiga 1060.

Next you boot from the Kickstart and your Workbench disk and then use 
the software to create a special Sidecar boot disk. This was strange for 
me cus it fails to tell you to create a second backup Workbench disk and 
use this during the create process to add files so you can boot a 
special Workbench disk.

When you have created the special Workbench disk when you boot the Amiga 
1000 you will see that the Workbench is now the sidecar version.

 From my manual ... this is where the problems start for me. There is 
power to the 1060 but there is no disk activity. I click the PC Mono 
version on the Amiga and I get an error saying cannot read library. 
Problem from the manual says its a hardware issue check cables etc. 
There should be an icon of the DOS disk on the screen and you should 
click the software from the 1060 drive... I am presuming.

I do not have a DOS disk or 5.25" disk and I have not seen anything in 
the manual for checking to see if the disk drive is working or not.

So two questions....

01: How do I create the boot 5.25" floppy disk that the 1060 should have 
come with. I currently have created all the various 3.5" disks. Janus 
plus the PC Install.

02: Is there any way to check if the disk drive is working. Like the old 
Load "$",8 on the C64 with the 1541.

At the moment I may actually have a dead 5.25". Just don't know how to 
check it.

scuzz


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