jbuonacc wrote:
i transferred a .dms file over (which should be an application, i would think), but i'm not sure what to do with it.
DMS files are compressed disk images. You need a program called DMS to unpack them (to a floppy disk):
dms write filename.dms
Then the disk image is decompressed to your floppy in df0:
Download it here:
http://aminet.net/util/arc/dms111.run
of course this after after i set it to 'show all' files in Workbench. i've noticed this a lot, some disks i've got don't show anything unless you do this. no idea how to work with these disks on the A500 because it won't let me 'show all' files in the older versions of Workbench.
Icons for files and folders are called .info. If you have a file called game, it will only be shown in Workbench if you have a corresponding game.info.
It should be fairly easy to make an icon for a file. Just copy the .info from a different file and rename it.
i've also noticed that a lot of the Amiga stuff (.adf files mainly) i've downloaded is about 900kb each and won't fit on the 720kb floppies. not sure what to do about that.
You can use a packer like dms in UAE to compress it. DMS supports splitting into two files, so it will fit on a 720KB floppy.
You could also pack the adf file with something like lha on the pc, and decompress it on the amiga.
