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Yeah mine doesn't like certain CF cards either. Especially if you're trying to do WHDLoad via the PCMCIA slot.

This is the exact one I ordered for my A600 with Furia that works.

Sandisk SDSDB-008G SDHC Class 4

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000VUVA62/

Out of stock there, but plenty around on eBay etc.

Are you using WinuAE to setup the image/SD card or doing it fresh on the system itself? I always find WinUAE very handy to work directly from the SD/CF card. Just make sure to take a backup of the SD card to an image using Win32DiskImager or similar :)

Nope, same result...the sd-card reader light just stays on green/read after a few seconds into the boot process. That's two types of card I've bought that people with Furia 020's have verified to work...yet the cards will happily boot into Workbench with the Furia not connected (Genuine Sandisk cards). It's annoying me now eating into my time, such a frustrating and stupid bug.

Not really sure what else to try? Could it be the SD card reader I got from Sordan? Could it be because the Amiga 600 is a Revision 1 board (Amiga 300)? I've seen a user on Reddit mention their 020 works with a Rev 1 so unlikely? Could it be the 3.1 kicks and workbench combo, maybe I need to look at a 3.1.4 install and see if that fares any better?

The sd card is being properly prepared in hd toolbox:

1) Able to read the card and set new config

2) Able to partition the card (I've tried small partitions, one partition only, two <4GB partitions, same results)

3) pfs3aio set as the filetype, dostype set, and max transfer rate set

4) Partitions format fine in workbench

5) Dopus can read the directories and transfer files to them

I'll come back to it the weekend...

If its any use this is my current setup as of last night. I upgraded from the 8GB to a 32GB SD card and it worked fine. The only issues I have now is that this needs a cap kit as the left audio channel is quite low which is a sign the caps need a job done on them(been putting it off for a long time anyway).

SanDisk Ultra 32GB SDHC: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08GYG6T12

SD card adapter: https://sordan.ie/product/481/angle-ide-44-pin-adapter--ide-sd-adapter-for-amiga-600-1200/

A few pics of my SD adapter for the A600 in case yours is different.

Super, appreciate the info and pics there Steve. That's the sd adapter I bought, so I'm going to rule that out for now.

I think I'll go ahead and try the 3.1.4 install, from scratch, and try some different settings, maybe even a different version of winuae. I'll report back at some stage

If you mainly just want a ready to go disk image you could get Zebs latest download. All whdload sorted and organised and can be used in WinUAE or written to an SD/CF card. You will need to provide your own kickstart roms for legal reasons. You can write the image to a 16GB or larger SD/CF, mount that in WinUAE directly and then do whatever customisation you fancy yourself(furiatune etc) before moving over to the A600.

Info from Facebook:

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WHDLoad Games & Demos

Compiled by Zeb/SLP (03-Jan-2023)

All you need to do is install the Kickstart ROM files into Devs:Kickstarts/ and you're good to go.

I've split this up into separate folders even more: ECS/OCS, AGA, NTSC, CD32, CDTV, Foreign, Demos and Demos/AGA

All are separated into 27 drawers, 0-9 and A-Z for easy access and all the drawers inside those (titled as per game/demo) are also snapshot'd into alphabetical order.

I've installed NewIcons and several pieces of software including: ToolsDaemon, VirusZ, DOpus, DiskSalv, DMS, GoADF, NewZAP, PowerPacker, ReOrg, SnoopDOS, TrackDOS ][, Amiga E, HippoPlayer, OctaMED v4, Protracker v2.3E and plenty more...

There's a Read Me file on the desktop - please take a few mins to read!

This torrent contains a file ending in .img - this can be written to a memory card or used directly within WinUAE. The .hdf can be used inside WinUAE.

Enjoy!

ps. The collection of games & demos is up-to-date as of about 3am on 3rd January 2023.

pps. If you have problems after writing this to a memory card and you get something like DH2:???? then please get in contact with me. Your memory card is slightly smaller than the image and the last partition has the last chunk of data missing!

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Yes latest release is from January. It's actually an image for the A1200 officially, but works fine on the A600(apart from AGA stuff of course).

Have this up an running in WinUAE for the moment....ugh, not sure I'm a fan (as much as it pains me....I REALLY want to finish this project.) There's a few things I'm not sure I like about it, and I'm at sea on how to remedy them (always the way on pre-made packs.) It throws an error on boot too, but then disappears...likely due to my config (3.1.4). I'll park it for now and come back to it.

@The Last Bandit I'[ll take a look at MegaAGS now, cheers for the nod.

If the above isn't to my liking, I'll likely start with a vanilla 3.1.4 Workbench install and tailor it manually.

Second MegaAGS, it's been my goto pack on a MiSTer setup for a long while. Simple and with a nicely categorized menu system.

Finally got the 3D printer up and running again after replacing the warped heat bed and completely rebuilding the extrusion system. First successful print in months!

So naturally I printed out a holster for the Aimtrak so that I can keep it by the Blast City at all times!

In the picture above it's being held in place with command strips but they didn't last long with the weight... so now I have it taped to the side of the unit with two part epoxy curing to try to keep it in place.

Hopefully after 24 hours it'll be strong enough to hold the gun as I really don't want to go drilling holes in the side of this beautiful cab. At least epoxy, whilst being a pain in the bollocks to remove can be removed without damaging the actual unit.

Looks the part anyway!

I tried HstWb a while ago when I was trying a 3.1.4 install. I had issues with it not detecting the fonts adf and some kickstart error i cant remember. I must give it another go.

Did you get many errors when running the initial setup after you copies over the files to the amiga os and kickstart folders?

Hrmmm. I hadn't thought of that but I'm not sure you'd find a magnet strong enough without it messing with the speakers or the screen.

Will check how the curing is getting on later today when I'm home from the office.

And I'm done. Christ almighty what an absolute time sink that was, specifically caused by the Furia. It seems a great card, but on a Rev 1 600, it seriously doesn't like kickstart 3.1. I don't think it was sd card issues all along, it was kickstart related.

I moved to 3.1.4, and was able to move forward. I'll throw up a thread with pics and the steps I followed, in a day or two.

For anyone who uses the T48/TL866-3G eprom programmer to write Amiga Kickstarts, Sega roms etc I highly recommend the ADP_D42_EX-A adapter. You don't need to write in multiple passes(bank switching) as with the standard adapters that have been out for years. It makes life a lot easier not having to split roms and write in passes. I was going to upgrade to the T56 later this year, but with this adapter I don't think I need to.

There are a few versions around, I went for this one for around €20: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004842451412.html

I replaced the battery in this GC yesterday in a hurry (was on one of THOSE Teams calls so I had 20 mins). And snapped this pic, but now all I can see is the crappy soldering I did on the Picoboot a few months back. Look at the green wire!!

My excuse is my eyesight. I needed to get a second pair of glasses for this sort of work.

Was tempted to fix it, but talked myself down since it works but it's stressing me out!

Make sure you use enough hotglue just to be sure

Jaysus, reminds me of this!

Nice. Keep an eye on your peroxide cream with the heat of the uv light...it can dry out fast.

Speaking of retrobrite, if using the immersion method, how are people managing key caps (keeping them submerged and upright)?

Interesting, it'll be something I look at doing in the next few months (A1200 possibly) and have always wondered about keeping keycaps sitting properly when submerged. Cheers Steve

3D printers really are coming into their own aren't they? literally able to print something at home to solve a super obscure problem that in no way would ever be manufactured.

3d printers are brilliant but also a total utter pain in the arse... unless you're willing to invest the time (and money) into them.

I've had mine 3 years I think and printed loads of crappy stuff from Thingyverse and just 2 things I designed myself in Fusion 360, used to infrequently that it needs a good bit of tweaking to get right every time I go to use it and the filament go off if not stored correctly.. So its up for sale (well sold but not collected yet). Maybe I'll get another in the future when they've matured a bit more or I've mature a bit more and have time to invest...

Ya its a Creality Ender 5 I've got with several upgrades fitted, works fine once dialed-in but this takes time... certainly not the turnkey pop in a sd card & print solutions they're made out to be.

Anyway mines got a new owner this weekend, so I'll just go back to buying prints when needed.

Edit: Those Bambu printers do look excellent and seem to solve a lot of problems but at a cost.

Wow, the Bambu printers look class

Having a 3d printer at home is dead handy for this stuff, ngl.

Still need to give that Amiga and keys another coat of peroxide and to figure out a better method of mounting the uv block of LEDs as the heat keeps causing the glue on the tape to get too hot and it falls off 🤣

Might try sugrú next.