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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2011, 03:08:51 PM »
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I just got a old xbox, how do I convert it to be a Amiga?

You will first need to mod the Xbox.  Either Soft or Chip, it doesn't matter.  Then load a Dashboard onto it that will run UAE-X and then UAE!
 
There are a lot more stps then that, btu that is the gist of it.
 
If you have never moded an Xbox before, PM me and I can give you a few pointers.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2011, 03:15:34 PM »
Awesome! I'm going to have to try this out!

[edited]

I just realized why I think this is a great idea.

Many of the expansions I've seen seem to try to add flair and stuff to try to make the older systems appear to be a lot more than they are, at the expense of resources.  Your approach seems to be more of; make it work really well without squandering the resources... not to mention it doesn't require trying to track down and overpay for 3.9. ;)

Cheers!
« Last Edit: February 09, 2011, 03:22:44 PM by yorgle »
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2011, 03:39:57 PM »
Good idea, good job. Congratulations.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2011, 12:47:02 AM »
Just checked it out, very nice selection of tools and updates. It's a pretty good start for people starting with a clean WB 3.1 setup.

Good job.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2011, 12:57:15 AM »
I feel bad now cause I just upgraded my A3000D to 3.9 for big HD support. Looks like I might have to throw this puppy in reverse!

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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 01:03:17 AM »
Now, when it says drives up to 8G in size, does this mean that the total drive size is 8G, or that max partition size is 8GB?
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2011, 01:52:24 AM »
@All
Thank you for your comments. Iam glad you find BetterWB meaningfull.

@TheBilgeRat
Don't create partitions greater than 2GB(Dos Limitation).
Harddrives are the ones which are supported for upto 8GB.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2011, 04:45:53 AM »
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Seriously though, this is a great idea. I've not tested it out, all my Amiga's have accelerator's, but I can see a need for this especially for devices running uae that have limited resources themselves such as the XBOX Classic.

 
I just got a old xbox, how do I convert it to be a Amiga?[/QUOTE]

This site is full of guides to do just that:

http://xbox-scene.com/

You can do the mod chip method, or flash your tsop, or the easiest of them all, a soft mod.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2011, 07:57:54 AM »
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@All
Thank you for your comments. Iam glad you find BetterWB meaningfull.

@TheBilgeRat
Don't create partitions greater than 2GB(Dos Limitation).
Harddrives are the ones which are supported for upto 8GB.
Ofcourse you can create partitions greater than 2GB without problems, but just make the BOOT partition under 2GB. Other partitions can be bigger if needed. Otherwise with a 40GB harddrive you would have what, 20 2GB partitions?? :)
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2011, 01:22:59 AM »
I just might try that out on my Amiga 1200. I have 3.1 installed but nothing else so it would be the perfect machine to check it out.
 I am one of those that tried to go above 3.1 but decided I would rather have a fast non crashing Amiga over a slow, pretty but useless Amiga
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Offline GulliverTopic starter

Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2011, 05:30:24 AM »
Small bugfix update of BetterWB (ver1.01):

I managed to screw up Amiga file protection bits. If you are using version 1.0 just open a CLI window and execute the following command:

protect SYS:#? +rwe ALL

That should fix it all.
Anyway, the floppy sets have been bugfixed accordingly so that if you are installing BetterWB for the first time, you get it all okay now.

I am sorry for any inconviniences. :)
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2011, 03:29:42 PM »
So, installed this - looks good!  The icons on my setup are a little funky and seem like they are made for MagicWB or somesuch.
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2011, 04:11:44 PM »
Well, I couldnt find any source of good 4 colour workbench 3.1 icons, and some of them were borrowed from MagicWB, if you happen to find proper replacements, please let me know, so I fix the offending ones.

BTW, I am glad you like it. :)
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2011, 04:23:19 PM »
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Well, I couldnt find any source of good 4 colour workbench 3.1 icons, and some of them were borrowed from MagicWB, if you happen to find proper replacements, please let me know, so I fix the offending ones.

BTW, I am glad you like it. :)


They're fine-it makes it easy to know which ones are new :lol:
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #28 on: February 16, 2011, 04:26:15 PM »
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Re: BetterWB - release 1.0
« Reply #29 from previous page: February 21, 2011, 12:22:25 AM »
It installed great.

I can not get it to make a partition bigger than 4Gig though. The new HDTool box works great, shows drive geometry perfect. But when I go to format it, it only says it's going to format a 3,700-ish MB capacity.

I have never used:
FastFileSystem 44.5 patches NSD64 devices to support drives bigger than 4GB (upto 8GB)

Maybe my drive doesn't support this "NSD64 devices" ?


Any thing more I should know? My HD is a real SCSI drive in an A3000, 18Gigs.
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