hello :) could do with a hand dusting some cobwebs off an A520

[nesbitt]

hey people.

got my a520 out of the attic a few weeks ago and finaly got round to plugging it in this week.

it's definatly a 520. Standard 500 unit with the C= symbol and no other writing. and a working expansion for rgb colour. It also has a switch that runs into the trap door on the underside of the unit..

the problem i have is i have no idea where the workbench disks are.

I'm been asked by kickstart for workbench 1.3 and have located the files on the net (i think) however i only have a p.c and can't seem to work out how to write the disks in 800K format. The switch connected to the trap door doesn't affect the boot either.

any help would be apriciated.

[nesbitt]

yeah sorry dude it is an A500 with the doobie that plugs into the back

if games will run without workbench thats awsome as i only want it for a gaming machine... I hopefully have an A1200 comming from freecycle ( bidding permitting). and that should have all it's disks and manuals with it.

I still have 1 of the original 1.3 disks! it's just not te right one! Still I couldn't get the disks to write the images so there's not a chance of piracy!


How would i check to see if i had the extended ram?

[nesbitt]

yup does have 1Mb of ram... superfrog complained when i had the switch disabled!

so the specs are

A500
A520
1MB Ex ram
external FDD

I don't think it has a HD as there all external i think on the a500's however i have a nice 10Gb scsi sat about if i get the a1200! should be able to do a cut and shut on it, and failing that i have a 2Gb ide sat about as well


many thanks for your help thus far.

Currently my girlfriend is playing superfrog with a bewilderd look on her face... Something on the lines of wow that looks realy nice! I think she was expecting monochrome or something!