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Amigakit Hardware => A600GS & A1200NG => Topic started by: notel98 on September 19, 2024, 11:50:46 AM

Title: Using Amibench
Post by: notel98 on September 19, 2024, 11:50:46 AM: I am unfamiliar with Amibench and have not used my real Amiga for many years but would like to install things like Amos and use via Amibench. However every time I insert the Amos disk and attempt to run the installer it fails to install. I have tried v1 and v2 of Amos and V2 seems to hang after selecting the language and then it says it’s updating the disk. (Just stuck)

So are there any known issues with Amos installer and can someone point me in the right direction for a Amibench noob to learn just how to use this software.

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: SkulleateR on September 19, 2024, 12:11:15 PM: Try using https://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Installer-43_3 ...

Just rename the old installer in c: to installer_bak (don't delete in case you need it again) and copy the new one in :)
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: broadblues on September 19, 2024, 03:28:16 PM: The AMOS installer doesn't play nicely with more recent OS variants. I had to do jury rigged install to rebuild the WHDBoot code.

It's not a trivial fix as it uses a custom installer
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: SkulleateR on September 19, 2024, 05:31:03 PM: Just got aware that AMOS uses it´s own installer and not the one in C: ... so forget what I said above ;)
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: NickLM71 on January 28, 2026, 11:59:29 AM: If it helps I've managed to get the Amos Pro Community edition installed (https://github.com/alain-treesong/amiga_coding_in_amos). I just copied all the files into a Programs/programming folder on Amibench, the files in the S: drive off the adf to the S drive on Amibench, and the amos.library from the libs folder on the adf to the libs folder on Amibench. As for compliling I just loaded the tinyshell.amos as an accessory in the Amos pro editor (I'll take a look at sorting out the assigns when I get chance).

Hope this helps.

Nick.
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: F0LLETT on January 28, 2026, 12:21:32 PM: Quote from: NickLM71 on January 28, 2026, 11:59:29 AM
If it helps I've managed to get the Amos Pro Community edition installed (https://github.com/alain-treesong/amiga_coding_in_amos). I just copied all the files into a Programs/programming folder on Amibench, the files in the S: drive off the adf to the S drive on Amibench, and the amos.library from the libs folder on the adf to the libs folder on Amibench. As for compliling I just loaded the tinyshell.amos as an accessory in the Amos pro editor (I'll take a look at sorting out the assigns when I get chance).

Hope this helps.

Nick.

The only problem with doing this, you could end up messing up Amibench if you overwrite S:Startup-Sequence
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: NickLM71 on January 28, 2026, 12:45:26 PM: True, I'd definitely not recommend changing the Startup-sequence, I'd just do assigns in the User-Startup. Also the files that go into the S directory are only the Amos Pro compiler config and the Amos Pro Interpreter config.

Cheers :)
Title: Re: Using Amibench
Post by: NickLM71 on January 30, 2026, 01:22:28 PM: Quick update on this, no need to create assigns, Amos Pro temporarily sets these up for you while it's running:)