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Amiga.org specific forums => New User Introductions => Topic started by: Claw22000 on February 17, 2009, 05:59:03 AM
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I just thought I would introduce my self. I have loved that Amiga Platform since I was a little kid. I wanted one so bad. But we were poor and I didn't get one till I bought it myself when I was around 14. I got a used Amiga 1000 if pretty rough shape. The internet wasn't what us is today so needless to say there was almost no help or software available. I eventually sold it to another enthusiast hoping that someday I would get the on I really wanted. the A1200. Well I did get one about 8 or so years ago and have not had the workspace it deserves. Now I have a computer lab and I can actually devote so space for it. I also me another Amigian. Raymond who still sell new old stock and used parts. Not quite every thing I needed but I'm working on it. I will have revived it as soon as the internal floppy arrives from AmigaKit.com I also will be uping the roms from 3.0 to 3.1 Hoping to get that premade OS to run properly. I would like to get a Blizzard 1260 and more ram for this but the cost is unreal. I actually found places that have new old stock. But I'm not paying upwards of 3 - 4 hundred dollars for the stuff. I just build a PC Quad core with 8 gigs of ram and all the goodies for $670 so spending that much on a part for a computer that I can't even be assured that the upgrade will be usable isn't worth my cash. I have really been enjoying my Amiga lately and hope that with the internal fixed it will play the games that currently don't run.
Current question if any one feels kind enough to answer would be. How to get the KGLoad working on the preinstallation method ClassicWB LITE v24?
Are there Games that play over a network so more that on Amiga can be used at once? (i.e PC's Civilization)
Is there anywhere that sells add on card cheaper? I only really need some more memory considering I just want to be able to surf the web and use WHDLoad which I will register as soon as I actully get it working? From what I have read I need to upgrade to a better os that WB3.0 but the roms should be here tomorrow and I already have 3.1 so I can't wait. Well see.
Claw
P.S Hello from St. Paul MN USA
31/M/Married
My Amiga is an A1200 2G HD 2Meg ram and my only perfs are 1 external floppy and the 3C589 Network card.
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hi claw
yes l havent been using my amigas alot myself
you chould get just get a ram card l have one these orgianlly and still do somewhere
mbx 1200 card can add up to 8 megs ,
which they call fast ram makes quite diffrence.
if you can afford a 030 cpu card that be even better
060 cards are bit expensive really well l feel they are.
with you network card very easy to get onto the net.
there was network game called battle duel.lha as it was shareware game is avabile on the aminet you can play over null modem cable to 2 amigas.
l used to have ppc card in my amiga 1200 and it had 040 card to made it very nice alas l sold it needed money which l really regret know .
check out the aminet at http://aminet.net/game/2play
anyways cheers from way down here in new zealand wish you
well with your amiga
ps
its not what money you have its just enjoying what u have
sounds like you pc quite beast
take care
:-D
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Wow a whole bunch o multiplayer games. Awesome thanks man!
You said
"you could get just get a ram card l have one these originally and still do somewhere
mbx 1200 card can add up to 8 megs ,
which they call fast ram makes quite difference."
what should I search for? and how much will it cost?
Claw
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Welcome back to the Amiga :-D
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If you search the classifieds on the Amiga websites, AmiBay, and eBay for A1200 or Amiga 1200, you should find plenty! You should decide what you'd like to use your 1200 for at this stage though, if it's just for old games that run fine on the standard chipset, you don't need more than an 030 board. Arguably the best 030 board was the Blizzard 1230, this one seems a good example but I think it's already sold:
http://www.amibay.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1814
Asking price was UK£130.
An 040 or 060 will be much faster, but will break some very old games (though WHDLoad will help here). You should go for them though if you're planning on doing anything serious, like web browsing, photo editing, playing MP3s etc.
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Welcome back to the world of Amigas. A1200s are the best, but unfortunately RAM and accelerator cards still demand a hefty price.
I browse the web with my A1200 030 in 1024x768 AGA, no sweat. An Indivision AGA helps though, by adding the VGA port and removing flicker.
I've got the same network card, and I've been using it for a while now, it's pretty cool. We just got another one for my girlfriend who has an A1200 with a RAM/FPU card (no accelerated CPU) so we'll see how well it goes on the net with the old 020 and 8MB RAM Max (although only 5.5MB is usable when the PCMCIA slot is in use). Everything should work fine, just a little slow, but stick to a 16 colour Workbench and don't open too many tabs in IBrowse at a time and you shouldn't run out of RAM too fast.
We've got IRC, MSN, AIM and Yahoo compatible chat programs which are pretty neat, and allow us to stay in contact with the rest of the world from our Amigas.
Other than the Indivision AGA,, another bit of hardware I've really enjoyed lately is my Subway USB card. It's a tiny little thing that also fits inside your A1200 case and provides four USB 2.0 ports, which are fully compatible with mice, keyboards, flash cards, hubs, external HDs, rocket launchers, printers, digital cameras, and those cool Media Station things that look like mini external hard drives, but they play MP3s, DivX AVIs, MPEG, JPEG, WMV and all those modern video/audio formats, so your A1200 doesn't have to do any of the work to play all those movies and albums you download from Kazaa, Limewire, Bittorrent and other P2P protocols (all available for your Amiga 1200). Just make sure your monitor has dual-inputs (1084S or most modern VGA monitors for example).
GMail works through YAM (and most other Amiga email programs) as well as IBrowse, no problems.
Have you used mouse gestures before, perhaps in Opera or Firefox? There's an awesome application called Meridian that allows you to add mouse gestures (as simple or complex as you want) to any application or Workbench window or screen.
Perhaps you like to play a game on your desktop while you're bored on the internet. There's the excellent Change It!, a skinnable Bejeweled clone, WBsteroids, the resizable Asteroids, plenty of card games, Mine Sweeper, Tetris and Arkanoid clones too. There are a few cool Workbench games you can play over the internet against other Amiga players as well, like Dynamite, the configurable, skinnable Bomberman clone, or how about a game of Monopoly?
Get yourself an 030, and you can play a classic multiplayer game of DOOM with us. Heck, it even runs on the 020 with some Fast RAM if you can handle a smaller play area.
If you want to make sure all those KGLoad and WHDLoad games work perfectly, you have to register WHDLoad at http://www.whdload.de
This piece of software is actively developed by several dedicated, hard working Amiga enthusiasts and they deserve our support for allowing thousands of classic games to be run directly from our hard drives, either through Workbench or from games menus like KGLoad or Advanced Menu System.
If you haven't got one already, try and get a control pad to play your games with. Any Sega Master System or Genesis pad will work (Buttons 1&2 or B&C) for games supporting 1 or 2 buttons, or get a full CD32 compatible pad. There are a few options, an original Commodore CD32 pad, a new Boomerang CD32 pad from AmigaKit, or a rare Competition Pro CD32 pad which are getting hard to find at a reasonable price. Hopefully soon there will be more Playstation-CD32 adapters or USB adapters on the market. You can also get a PC gamepad-Amiga adapter.
Make sure you download a good MOD player and plenty of mods to listen to, there's a WIDE variety out there to go through to find something that suits your tastes. Check out some Amiga demo websites to find some great demos that should run on your system too, they'll really show what your hardware is capable of.
Enjoy your Amiga, now that you have the room for it you have years of potential fun ahead of you, including NEW games developed for your 18 year old system. Fancy an Amiga-style Guitar Hero clone? Tracker Hero is coming out for all AGA Amigas, and it'll support PS2 guitars as well! There are also a few action games like Annihilation and Halloween Nightmare still in the works.
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Wow Alot of good infor there thanks I will be looking to get a 030 then and more ram. as for all these download able goodies how about some links. you got my mouth a watering and now place to get the steak.
Claw