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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: scafe on July 03, 2004, 09:30:49 PM
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I am interested in usin my A1200 as a internet station, mainly because my PC is broke at the mo, and it would be nice to have a use for my 'miggy :-D
Iv got a serial hardware modem to use but what software would i need to connect to my ISP? bearing in mind its running wb3.0, and i dont have to money to get new roms and the later os.
Also is their a version of MSN messenger for the amiga?
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I believe there is a client called "Jabberwocky" For the amiga which can use a variety of messaging networks, including MSN. However for that and surfing I think you'll need some fastram as a bare minimum. I guess you could use freeserve or something for an ISP?
Robert
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Hum,
i`d better say wire.net (http://www.wire.net.uk/support.html) (RIP)...(for background info & software downloads)
And it`s worth downloading HowToConnect.lha (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/docs/help/HowToConnect.lha) to explain how to get online (er, .lha file, Doh!)...
Hum perhaps you could try
WinUAE (http://www.winuae.net) just to get the hang of it :-)
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There are AmiTCP/IP; Miami, Genesis needs reaction, Termite is hard to find. AmiTCP doesn't have a gui as far as I know, and Miami (not DX) can use amiga's native gui toolkit, and you can kill the gui after you set it up, Miami is easy to figure out.... don't have dial-up though so couldn't say what to do to. I think it's possible to use AWeb with only 2megs of RAM, the docs mentioned doing it, but you're Really stretching a stock A1200 to do that. If you need, I'd recommend maybe trying a text based browser, ALynx pops to mind. Should work. And yeah, Jabberwocky is a multi network chatter.
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I am interested in usin my A1200 as a internet station, mainly because my PC is broke at the mo, and it would be nice to have a use for my 'miggy
You should describe your Amiga setup first.
Unless you own a 68030 and some FastRAM, do not bother to get it online. You'll have trouble finding a TCP/IP stack not eating up all your RAM, and the mchine would be way to slow to do anything useful (apart from e-mailing, and using a simple FTP transfer program).
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When I downloaded Jabberwocky it seemed to want you to register with
some Swedish person all your details!
How are we to authenticate that the programmer will not mishandle the
passwords etc.
Amiga users need to be very careful with PD programs that handle
accounts and passwords because there is ro regulatory body that can
punish mischief makers nor are there people actively watching for
Amiga backdoors etc. these days.
I'm not pointing the fingure at anyone but we take security far too
lax on Amiga.
And yeah, an '030 + 16mb at least would be a reasonable spec for web
browsing. For A500, A600 and A1200 owners.
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let's not be too pessimistic though! I've been online with my 7Mhz A2000 a few times and it isn't too bad! :-) i admit if you were to use it as your main computer for internet access, you could grow to hate it!! But it is fun sometimes. I recommend Miami to get you online.
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I agree!
The Amiga notion is "Because We Can" and I think the fun comes from
getting a 7Mhz machine with 2mb RAM online!
I mean, it would be better to minimise GUI usage and just use text
based things but it can be done.
An Amiga with Workbench will always be more versatile and resource
efficient compared to an equivalent Windows or MacOS
environment, and more practical and productive than Linux.
Although for older machines especially PCs, I've heard that Slackware
is worth playing with.
:-D