First Amiga 500

[Dr. Chef]

I just bought my very first A500 (ntsc) from eBay for 100 bucks (minus shipping price).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221480561062

Question: Was this a fair price, or could I bought it for much less? It comes with a monitor, power-supply, kickstart, etc.

Question 2: Isn't there a way to create Amiga compatible floppies by using 3.5 floppies by formatting from a PC running Windows?

[Dr. Chef]

I don't mind buying special hardware. I did a Google search and found this: http://www.lemonamiga.com/help/faq_crossplatform.php. I also heard of a tape trick.

Question time: Could I use WinUAE (AmigaForever) and convert the floppies with a PC floppy drive, then use them on Amiga, or is there another alternative? What about using a Null-modem cable with Amiga Explorer? Could I do that with out having AmigaExplorer installed on my Amiga machine?


Here is what I have to work with:

Old PC floppy drives (I doubt they'll work, so I'll probably have to see if I can purchase a USB one, or a new floppy drive on Newegg).
Amiga 500 (Hasn't arrived yet).
A stack of unused 3.5" floppies.
Amiga Forever with Amiga Explorer
WinUAE with custom 3.1 desktop

I could try different software, or buy some hardware, as long they're not too expensive

[Dr. Chef]

Thanks for the replies.

For making floppies, the best bet is using a Cat-weasel? I'm open to other suggestions. What I want to do is to create floppies from a PC running Windows and play games on my new Amiga 500. I also want to copy Amiga forever workbench files and install WB2, if possible. Is there a better option for me?

I would like to use standard 3.5" floppies. Could I format them using WinUAE and a standard PC floppy drive, or will it only work with an Amiga floppy drive with cat-weasel (or less time consuming)? Is gotek a viable option since I would only have to click, drag, and play?

[Dr. Chef]

I'm going to stick with Amiga Explorer and write the floppies from the Amiga. Also, I found out that Null-modem to usb cables do work with the Amiga, so I bought one on newegg.

Thanks for all the replies. I cant wait to play Defender of the Crown on my new computer.

Last question (hopefully). I found a box with 10 High Density floppies (1.44 MB IBM formatted 2HD). Could I format them from the Amiga?

[Dr. Chef]

Thanks. I'll try the tape trick, if there are any issues.

I have another question (I'm chalk full of em'): How do you write adf images into floppies using only WB1.3?


List of roadblocks

• My a500 has only 1MB of ram. I could put the adf image onto ramdisk, but what software should I run (if needed)?.
• My a500 has no hard drive.
• My a500 is running WB 1.3 so certain software wont run
• I only have one floppy drive attached to the Amiga500. Essentially It's a bare-bones A500.

Edit: I did a Google search and found a possibly helpful thread.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=15270

What about ADFSend? Could I just drag the ADF image onto ram: (AmigaExplorer), then write to floppy, or do I need special software to write to floppy?

Edit again: I found some videos that might be helpful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGSMeb8t0w and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AwF9njTlmE

Never-mind. I found a video on youtube that answers all my questions. Thanks for the replies. I cant wait to play with my new Amiga.