2 minor questions

[TurboG16]

Im getting an Amiga 1000 soon and was wondering If,1. does it have a 3.1/2 floppy drive And if not,then could i put in a 2.5er and put my amiga roms  on a floppy disc and see if the Amiga will read them as the actually game?

[InTheSand]

Hi,

The Amiga 1000 does have a 3.5" floppy drive.

I'm not sure what you mean by a 2.5er....

The A1000 requires a Kickstart disk to get it up and running. From there, you will be able to insert game disks or a Workbench disk to bring up the graphical environment.

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

Oh i ment like does it have a 2.5 inch floppy drive i think there considerd 2.5... If not i gusse you could always install one i think...

[Piru]

1. Yes.
2. No.

Amigas have 3.5" floppy disk drives, not 2.5". You can't install 2.5" drive.

Amiga games are not called "roms". That's what console games are called by some people though. If you mean 'adf's, those are just images-files of Amiga floppies. You can't just put adf on a floppy and boot off it, you rather need to write the image-file to a floppy using Amiga itself (by using TransADF or similar tool).

Standard A1000 requires a Kickstart "ROM" boot-floppy, which needs to be booted from before anything else can be done.

Standard unexpanded A1000 won't be able to run most of the amiga games either, mainly because the lack of memory (half of it is used to hold the Kickstart "ROM"). A500 would be much better suited for gaming, but there still is a problem of getting the games to amiga floppies.

If you just intend to play games, WinUAE is much easier solution.

[TurboG16]

Ehh i got the A-500 modle in the box (But) its asking me for a Workbench version 1.3 the problem is I dont have the floppy and i did try useing a downloaded file of workbench but it din't Register it it was called KICK13.ROM maybe the file type is incorrect Hmm does this mean i have to go out and buy a Workbench or is ther an easier solution to this? such as another file perhaps?

[InTheSand]

Hi,

The KICK13.ROM file you've found is a copy of the Kickstart 1.3 ROM file. You won't be needing this for your A1000.

As stated above, you'll need:
1. A Kickstart floppy disk for the A1000
2. Optionally, a Workbench floppy disk to bring up the A1000's graphical environment (e.g. its desktop with drive icons, windows, etc)
3. Game disks

Also as stated above, unless your A1000 has some sort of internal memory expansion, it won't run some A500-based games.

If you don't have any physical Amiga disks, you won't be able to create these from a standard PC.

I think your best bet to get your A1000 going is to find an Amiga user who is physically near to you. Where abouts are you?

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

No i made a mistake i thought the guy had the 1000 but insted i bought the 500 Modle. and im located in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylivana northeastern PA.

[InTheSand]

Aha... So you have an A500...

Have you received it yet? There's a small plastic insert underneath, called the "trapdoor". Is there anything plugged in under the door?

In any case, the A500 is basically ready to run as far as games are concerned... Just switch the machine on and insert the disk into the drive...

But if you have no games, and no way of transferring stuff from the Internet to the Amiga and then on to floppies, you'll be a bit stuck...

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

ummm if its the opening on the bottom of the machine with some silver thingy lol then Yes i think so but it wants Workbench version 1.3 i do not have it thoe ;[ and nothing is plugged into it

[InTheSand]

Hi,

Looks like you have a stock 512Kb A500 then. Most games from the late 80s should work fine on that, though some might require a further 512Kb expansion (which plugs into the empty slot underneath the trapdoor).

Although the A500 is asking for Workbench 1.3, it doesn't necessarily need it, and will happily start loading most games without even requiring a Workbench disk.

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

oh ok swift thanx man. I dont have any games atm thoe lol thats all i need

[InTheSand]

No problem... There's always eBay for lots of Amiga software, or legal download sites such as Back To The Roots - if you can find a fellow PC and Amiga owner who is able to make the transfer on to Amiga disks for you...

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

Ahh. okay so you mean there is a way to transferr my amiga .adf files or games onto a floppy disc and the Amiga would then read it?

[InTheSand]

There are ways: you either need to do this on an Amiga itself (which would need to be connected in some way to either a PC or the Internet, or to have software installed on it to allow it to read/write PC disks), or on a PC using a specialist disk drive controller called the Catweasel.

 - Ali

[TurboG16]

oh ok thnax