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Amiga.org specific forums => New User Introductions => Topic started by: TrickyDave on February 25, 2006, 07:32:11 PM

Title: hello eveyone
Post by: TrickyDave on February 25, 2006, 07:32:11 PM

its been been over 10 year since my dad sold our amiga to get the so called next big thing a pc , now alot older and still holding a little resentment LOL ive finaly purchased one again aswell as a cd32 , so hello to everyone lol and what have i missed  :-D


also my new amiga (newish) has a hard drive and im not 100 % percent sure how to use it (just want to play wings again without crippling my hand changing disks ever 15 seconds) any help would be appreciated

cheers

TrickyDave

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: Amigaz on February 25, 2006, 07:38:22 PM

Hi and welcome

Your comeback resembles mine, I bought an A600 about 6 years ago just to be able to play some gamnes I played when I was young but I ended up owning a bunch of Amigas and my interest for the AmigaOS, hardware and software became and new hobby and passion.

To prep that harddrive you have and to install the Amiga OS you need a set of workbench disks.
The Workbench version to use depends on what kickstart version you have.

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: amigagr on February 25, 2006, 07:38:59 PM

welcome back then :)
you have a lot of stuff to discover, to learn and to surprise you about amiga! if the hard disk is empty and you have the workbench floppy disk, start with an installation of the workbench to the hard disk. some games can be run from hard disk, some others don't. just be pattient :-)

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: amigakit on February 25, 2006, 07:42:35 PM

Welcome back to the Amiga and welcome to Amiga.org!

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: TrickyDave on February 25, 2006, 07:43:07 PM

hi i have workbench 3.1 installed on the hd nothing else , lol its just been that long since ive used one .......................... LOL i got just got the  black screen with the small red box software error , lol ive even missed that :lol:

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: TrickyDave on February 25, 2006, 07:55:50 PM

ive just one more question , is the something i can use to plug my 1200 up to my pc's montior


many thanks

dave

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: amigagr on February 25, 2006, 08:06:06 PM

amigakit (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=50&products_id=183&osCsid=4a6c3d1435f6c5165ea0ac5f433971db)

yes this connector but it's not usefull in all cases. better go for this: amigakit too! (http://www.amiga.org/forums/reply.php?forum=29&post_id=361031&topic_id=29736&viewmode=flat&order=)

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: InTheSand on February 25, 2006, 08:41:23 PM

@TrickyDave:

Welcome to A.Org!

A note of caution: if you connect your Amiga to your PC's monitor, you may not be able to display all the available screenmodes. In particular, games software will make use of screenmodes originally designed for TV output that your PC monitor almost certainly won't be able to handle.

 - Ali

Title: Re: hello eveyone
Post by: SamuraiCrow on February 25, 2006, 10:28:43 PM

In order to connect the A1200 into a VGA monitor and still get the old games to work, you'll need an expensive adapter called a "scan doubler" that will convert the horizontal scan rates of the old games from a TV scan rate to VGA scan rate.

Personally, I'd just stick with the TV set or find an analog RGB monitor.