A590

[countzero]

Hi,
Okay switched my original amiga that I upgraded to 3.1.  The a590 booted right up.  There is lots of stuff on the drive so its been a long time since I waded through the mags so am unfamiliar with what is there.  There is some toaster stuff.  I had seen that but dont know what it is or for.  Also there is something called cygnus ed or something like that.  Also directory opus.  Tell me what these things are if u know.  Also I guess I just cant write things out like on a meanie so how do I do that??  I dont think any of these would run so I guess u need the original or something is that right??  Thanks RAy.

toaster is video toaster, a video editing program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster

(you got one beefy a500 there ?)

cygnus ed is text/source editor. directory opus is file explorer.

I don't really follow what you mean by ""Also I guess I just cant write things out like on a meanie so how do I do that??"

if you're looking for a command prompt, it should be inside the system drawer inside workbench drive. (it's called shell) but it would be of little help to you atm. try double clicking on stuff to make them run.

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Also can any scsi hard drive be used or are there hard drives with amiga roms as with the mac??
So how do u install a program from a floopy to the hard drive??
Thanks RAy.

theorically, yes you can use any scsi drive, but there are size limits as amiga scsi controllers usually can't access above a certain limits. you should get a drive smaller than 2 gb to be on the safe side, if your drive roms are old, it could be even lower (20-40 mbs)

if the program has a harddrive installer, you can install from the floppy to the drive (there should be an icon on the floppy) otherwise you can't install it. bear in mind that harddrives were not granted in those days, few software houses bothered to write installers for their software.