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The Net
« on: May 23, 2005, 03:01:46 PM »
Hi.

I'm slowly aiming towards getting my Amiga online but keep encountering problems. I've got an A1200 with 68030 @ 33mhz/4gig HD/2mb chip & 8mb fast/Kickstart 3.0/Workbench 3.1. The problem is this. I don't have a PC that is on the net. My other computer is an A500+.

Therefore I can't download stuff I need from Aminet. I tried burning a load of files onto a CD at an internet cafe but the A570 didn't want to know when I put it in.(and it's since died anyway.) The Amiga can't read PC floppies and I can't afford a catwheasel (That spelling doesn't look right)

Is my only answer to try and get a parallel null modem cable and link it to a friend's laptop? I've got a program called Easylink that's meant to do just that. Is there no other source of getting the necessary, i.e the TCP/IP stack and browser?

Also I recognise that with the setup I've got the performance is going to be slow but I just want the achievement of getting my 13 year old computer online.
 

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Re: The Net
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2005, 05:02:48 PM »

GREAT! THANKS GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
MUCH APPRECIATED. YET THERE'S JUST 1 MORE QUESTION TO ASK...

IF I FORMAT THE DISC ON THE AMIGA,
WILL WINDOWS XP HAVE PROBLEMS READING OR WRITING TO IT ?

 

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Re: The Net
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2005, 05:48:51 PM »
Oops, Caps Lock off!
 

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Re: The Net
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2005, 06:00:59 PM »
Back in the internet cafe, on Aminet and feeling like a kid in a sweetshop. I'm armed with 30 floppies!!!
 

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Re: The Net
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2005, 06:42:23 PM »
I made sure of that! If I'd have got here and realised all 30 were Amiga blank floppies I'd made I think I'd have just given up and bought an abacus. Cheers though, everyone's been so helpful.