Hello! new to the amiga August 2006

[A1k_man]

I joined a while ago but didnt feel like posting until now.
I've collected older computers for awhile now mostly 68k macs though I do have a C64, 2 atari 800xl, 2 apple //e, and some old PCs.

This last August I posted a wanted ad on freecycle for just older commodore/apple/atari computers and some one replied with 2 amigas. I've since gotten them, they are:
Amiga 1000 with 512k of ram, and external floppy drive
Amiga 500 with 2mb of ram, an a570, and a 68010 instead of a 68000

I have no software other than the kickstart and workbench 1.1 disk for the 1000 and a workbench 1.3 disk for the 500, and some failing amiganews disks. I havent been able to use the 500 because of my lack of PSUs for the a500 and it's a570

[reloader12]

Hi There,

How can you not have tons of software?
Aminet has quite a bit for free downloading, also for the older computers you might want to check out the Fred Fish collection under Misc.
Lots of fun and useful stuff.

[A1k_man]

How do i transfer the files on Amienet to my amiga 1000

[reloader12]

what type of machine are you using now?

[A1k_man]

I'm using a mac right now, but i have 1 pc with debain and 2 or 3 others with windows...

[reloader12]

I'm not sure if you can transfer files with a null modem cable to the WB1.3 machine, but it might be worth looking into.

[reloader12]

It looks like might need to find someone nearby with a real Amiga to set you up with the initial disks for null modem transfers. There's also something called Messy Dos
http://aminet.net/disk/misc/msh-156.lha, but you will still need a disk set up for you from a real Amiga.
Maybe there is a local user group.