Please help me A500

[hunstonejw]

Greetings...

I have only one goal with my Amiga: to be able to once again play those classic Amiga games. Most of my original disks are either corrupt or broken.

I drool when i see the number of old school games available on the web in adf. But I dont know how to get them from my PC to my Amiga. Is this a complicated process?  

I have spent hours trying to follow threads on this topic, but I don't know where to start. Would it be easier to use an emulator for my PC, or transfer adf. to my Amiga? I only have workbench 1.2

If someone can give me an 'idiots guide' step-by step  explanation of what i need and how to go about it I would be so, so greatful.

At present all I have is an A500 with 1 meg ram and workbench 1.2 I also assume I have the 1.2 kickstart rom because of the 1.2 'hand/disk'icon on the screen.

Thankyou so much to anyone willing to help me. I really miss my old Amiga games thanx...

[hunstonejw]

Wow I didnt except so much feedback so soon, thanku all. Lucky 4 me there is such a healthy supply of Amiga fans and expertise out there.

Greatlor this tutorial sounds very interesting

Last night i blew the proverbial dust of my A500 to play some of the few remaining games I have that actually still work

Anyway, after turning on the computer I noticed the 'hand/disk' icon on the screen actually said v. 1.3

I just assumed that because i have workbench 1.2 that i would have kickstart 1.2

When i load the workbench disk it says:

Release 1.3
A500 Workbench 1.2 version 33.56
23-Apr-87

I also have 917 304 free memory

I hope this means I will be able to use your tutorial. I will get CROSS-DOSS anyway. I was just pricing the Catweasel controller. (ISA version - 40 Euro) (PCI version 90 - Euro).

Incidentally can anyone tell me the difference? The more expensive pci version is obviously popular as the current model 'MK3' is sold out but the ISA version is in stock.

Getting back to the topic...I was wondering, is this a tutorial that you use yourself? Can you testify to its success on an A500?

Thanx again for your time and feedback

 

[hunstonejw]

Hello Greatlor

Interesting Tutorial...

Quite possibly the most confusing thing i have ever read!

Here's where i got lost - the very first part!

1)
Ok so i downloaded asmone and bsplit from your link. I also downloaded a zip adf. International Karate. Do i need to unzip (how?).

All these items are in the same folder on the desktop. Is that the idea?

you wrote:
"if you have - say - one file named Turrican.adf then you write this in dos-prompt (note that the bsplit.exe must be in the same catalog as the adf-files): "bsplit Turrican.adf 220 Turrican""

I tried typing ik.adf and ik_plus in MS Dos Prompt but just get (bad command). I also tried typing bsplit ik.adf 220 ik - I don't understand ?

you wrote:
"Here's the requirement for managing to write an ADF-image to disk, you must have the ADF-filed chunked/splitted in four files, each file being 40*11*512 (or 225 280) bytes long"

How ??

2)
Ok so i open asmone and i get these options:
Add - Extract To - Test - View - Delete - Wizard - Info

you wrote:
now, When the assembler prompts for the memory type as work-ram (Chip/Fast/...)"

When does this happen, Am i even in the right place?

3)
Ok so say by some miracle of God i manage to get through all these steps. I will still end up with a disk with an adf. file on it right? So i still wont be able to use it on the amiga

I assume this is wher crass do comes in?

If cross dos is as hard to use as this i think i might as well drop my A500 from a tall building!

Also what happens if the game fits onto more than one disk (I thought this was the case for Turrican) - is that something u do in cross dos also?

And when does workbench come into it? It seems like you need a degree to perform this 'simple' operation?

Sorry to sound so negative. I do appreciate the fact that you are trying to help me. I am just so FUSTRATED that i cannot understand even 1 part of your tutorial. I was quite excited when i read your post saying you may have a solution to my problem, but now i am more discouraged than ever.

Do you think it would be possible to guide me thru your tutorial in a more simpler way as someone who knows absolutely nothing about assemblers (i dont even know what an assembler is?). Or does my technological ignorance mean it would be a waste of your time?

Ok bye for now

The struggle continues....

Moonstone, Wings of Fury, Disposable Hero will i ever get to play u again??