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Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« on: March 30, 2006, 07:48:28 PM »
Hey, i am new. do not know if any of you know me as i always keep the same name. on AMD Forums too

anyway, i received two free Amigas today. one was a 500 and another was a 500+ with a few games including Lotus III

i also have just bought an A1200 with some nice addons from ebay which is on its way for monday i think.

i have some questions:

1 - i got a hdd with the two amigas: A500-HD+ Impact Series II. i plug it into the side of the amiga but when i boot up nothing happens - it does not have a power or HDD light on it (that is, on the HDD itself) - does it need a power plug too?

2 - my amiga is connected to my small TV via RFG (i think) there is a picture - but no sound.... why?

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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2006, 07:53:37 PM »
1.  Most A500-series side-car hard drive expanders require a separate power supply unless you have a Bigfoot power supply and an appropriate adapter jack instead.

2.  You have to run a cable connection from the sound jacks on the back of the computer to the A520 RF adapter.  If you have a stereo then run the stereo jacks into that instead.
 

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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2006, 07:54:52 PM »
check here for the hd. at search type A500-HD+ Impact Series II to find the controler. as it says it needs a psu.
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2006, 07:58:01 PM »
1. It does.
2. Use the Amiga's .audio RFC-jacks (the -mostly- white and red one) to connect it to the audio-in of your TV-set
 

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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2006, 08:01:53 PM »
woah guys! i thought AMD forums was quick and one of the best. your replies were SUPER quick. thankyou. i have just sorted the audio out i think - L and R Audio into the RFC Audio In port.

and, obviously i didnt get a power pack for the hdd. but, i am only using this 500 until i get my 1200. i love the 1200 computer. i want to use it for some retro C programming though. i am so used to PC now lol. i am not a newbee at PC at all but when it comes to AMIGA i am so rusty haha

anyway thankyou guys! very good people are you!! :D
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2006, 08:04:10 PM »
Welcome to Amiga.org!  Good luck with the Amigas.  Where are you located?
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2006, 08:08:09 PM »
i live in the UK - England - North East - Sunderland. a place which lacks a lot of intelligent people quite frankly lol.

and a little about me: I hate Gateway computers lol. i once had a Gateway A1200 where you could not write to disks! lol

at least this one will be a Commodore!
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2006, 08:16:31 PM »
Welcome to Amiga.org - have fun with the A1200!
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2006, 08:25:19 PM »
Welcome! lol!

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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2006, 08:27:37 PM »
hello....

btw, is everyone used to a computer BETTER than the A1200? hehe
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2006, 08:48:30 PM »
Well, the prices of big box and wedge Amigas have come alot closer compared to 15-10 years ago, so in a way they're much more affordable =).

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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2006, 08:53:10 PM »
Well, I've been decking out my A4000D and it's coming along nicely.  However, for my gaming and playing I use my A1200.  I was using my A1000 until I got the A1200 and I'm waiting on AmigaKit.com to put an accelerator in my A1200.

I'm also slowly working on building up a good A500 but that's a longer term project.

The thing I really like about the A1200 is the ability to use almost all of the old software as well as some of the new.  Also there are tons of upgrade options for the A1200 whether you live it in the desktop case or switch to a tower version.
Amiga - The fun computer!

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Amiga 1200HD - 32MB, 4GB CF-Card, GVP 68030-40Mhz.
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2006, 08:59:11 PM »
hey guys. i just tried the audio thing and there is still no sound.

the 500 RFC adapter - the big piece of additional equipment has a port saying AUDIO IN

does one end of the audio cable go into there whilst the two ends go into the L and R channel of the Amiga?
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2006, 09:05:18 PM »
probably the one side must be a middle jack and the other 2 rca red and black or red and white.

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yes you connected as you say
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Re: Hello All Amiga Fans (rusty amiga guy NEEDS your help!)
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2006, 09:07:33 PM »
hmm. its just the one i got from this box is ALL black. do you think that is why. does the AUDIO cable always have to be red and white/whatever colour?

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