Switching to Amiga

[steve30]

When I said switching to amiga, I didn't really mean making a complete switch. I just wanted a nice machine that can do stuff like play MP3s, browse internet, etc.

I'm not actually going to be using it as a PC replacement. There's no way I can afford stuff like PPCs, 060s, GFX cards etc. I'm just trying to make the most of the equipment that I can afford.

Basically, I want to use my amiga a LOT more than I do at the moment.

I think the 030 should be fine. But when I win the lottery I will definately be upgrading to 060/PPC.

[steve30]

I think I'll stick with PC for web browsing.

I really should install linux on my PC.

[steve30]

Well, my A1200 has 128MB Fast rAM, so that's obviously alot. Everyone keeps recomending 16-32MB.

I think I'll just have to get all the accessories and start it up and see what I can do with it. :-)

[steve30]

I have been offered a buffered IDE interface for £10, so I will be getting an HD and a CD. My 3.1 ROMs and OS 3.9 CD should be arriving in a few days.

Look forward to getting them.

The 1230 +128MB only cost £75, which is cheaper than than the 1230 + 32MB version at AmigaKit, so I'm happy.

I've used OS3.9 in Amithlon and it was very nice.

[steve30]

I rarly listen to MP3s anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem, but I do listen to them occaisionaly.

[steve30]

I didn't think 128MB will be too much. I couldn't really see much use for it all though.

Although I'd rather pay £75 for a 1230 +128MB than pay £89 for a 1230 +32MB.

[steve30]

Interesting piece.

I think I will have all images load up, as I like to see images, I do agree though that if you don't want them, then it is handy to have the view all images button. But in this day and age, who has an internet connection so slow that it would take all day to download a few pics, and who uses a computer that is too slow to download all the pics? Well, a few of us have the slow computer, but I bet we all have >50kbps connections. So it is understandable not having the options to disable images, and not being able to load all of them up in one go.

Could someone please expain this 'overscan' thing to me? I've messed around with the overscan prefs and I don't get what it does.

[steve30]

Also, could someone please tell me how I can get the screenmode 'DblPAL Hires No Flicker'?

Effy told me to try this when he sent me my A1200 but I can't find the mode in the screenmode prefs in WB3.0.

I have a 1438 multiscan monitor. :-?

[steve30]

I will have to have a look for it.

I have only looked through Workbench3.0 and Extras3.0.

[steve30]

That makes sense now.

I will *aquire* the storage disk and look for dblpal.

[steve30]

Found DBLPAL. It's nice.

A little slow in 256 colours, but not much difference between that and my A500+ in 32.

[steve30]

Seems to run OK in 32 colours. That's both VGA and dblpal hires. But that's only in workbench. Not tried any apps yet.

[steve30]

Thanks. I will try that.

My OS3.9, 3.1 roms, and ide splitter should be arriving soon.

Hopefully I should be able to use a 5 1/2 inch cd drive and laptop being powered from a pc power supply.

[steve30]

It all arrived last week!

I installed a spare laptop HD in my amiga today and installed WB3.1 on it (amiga is still CD-less).

It boots up in 6 seconds.

It's really fast and nice to use in Multiscan Productivety with maximum overscan. :-)