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Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 31, 2009, 01:43:11 PM »
Like I said before. You're not making a fair comparison.

You should compare what you have now with Windows 3.1 because that's what was avaliable on the PC back then. Sit down and work with that and you will feel exactly the same like you do now.

But, it's also two completely different systems and they are designed to work in different ways so even an up to date amiga will feel different to work with.

Honestly, it would be more fair to compare with linux in the way that it works. In linux you still need to do quite a few things in a shell to make things work. It's just a difference in design and depending on what you're more used to you'll feel more comfortable using.

I still think windows is extremely badly designed basically since it more or less have all system files thrown into one directory. To me the catalog structure that Amiga OS has feels more logical and easier to grasp. But that's my personal opinion.

My point is, if you just give yourself time and experiment enough you will learn how it works, how it's built and as you do you'll feel that you are in control and know what you're doing.

And the fact is, a computer never does anything unless it's been told to do it no matter what system you have. :)
 

Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2009, 01:56:09 PM »
It's been a while since I installed 3.9 but I'm pretty sure you don't need to boot from the CD to install.

All you need to do is get the CD-rom working in your current 3.1 installation, put the 3.9 CD in and start the installation from there. You have an option to create an emergency disc during the installation.
 

Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2009, 02:01:39 PM »
Yes, it is a good idea. If you do you can easily install everything again if the harddrive fails or you replace it without having to install 3.1 first.
 

Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2009, 11:47:34 AM »
I don't agree with those who say connect the drive to a PC and use winuae to install everything on it. It's just making things more complicated in my opinion.

If everything is working, the cd file system is installed and working then there's no need to do it like that. Just get the 3.9 CD and start installing. Things will be a lot easier after that.
 

Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2009, 01:39:43 PM »
of course you can burn files to a cd in windows and then put the cd in your amiga and copy there.

Though, I would advise against extracting the files before you burn them to CD. Better to burn the archives. If you unpack them on your PC the file names and protection bits is very likely to get borked since the file handling is completely different on an amiga compared to windows.

Best is. Burn the archives, put the cd in your amiga and extract them there instead.
 

Offline Munchkin

Re: help needed, just set up amiga 1200
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2009, 04:59:59 PM »
You need a program called transadf to write an .adf to a floppy.

http://aminet.net/search?query=transadf

I have never used this ClassicWB so I know nothing about it and can't help you there.

To unpack a zip you need the unzip program.

http://aminet.net/search?query=unzip