Hi everyone! Amiga newbie from Norway

[Kvist]

Hi everyone! First, i have to excuse my very poor English, i'm  from Norway and doesen't speak english so often.
Secondly, i'm glad to see that there are so many people who are interrested in these good old machines!
I'm a newbie in the technical Amiga world, even dough i have owned and used Amiga's mostly for gaming in many years.

Then i have some questions:
I'm using my Pc and Amiga to transfer Adf's both ways. I'm currently using an serial connection with Amiga Explorer, but this is so extremely slow! I want more speed, so i have looked at two posibility's. The first one: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=440

And the second one: http://www.amigastuff.co.uk/AMI-PC.htm

I'm wondering, which one of these are the "best buy"?
(I going to use it with my A1200)

Another question, my trusty old Amiga mice are starting to brake apart, so i need a new one. What do you guys suggest?

Best regards, Sigurd Olsen
 :-)

[Kvist]

 :-) This is fast answering!!
I would like to have an ethernet solution of course, but i have no harddrive in my A1200..
I have tried to connect harddrives to it, using a 2,5 inch to 3,5 inch adaptor, but when i boot Workbench and try to use the hd-install tool, it cannot find it..I've tried with several old hd's, ranging from 40 megs to 850 megs without luck..It's kind of frustrating. And the adaptor works i guess, when i'm putting the IDE-cable the wrong way on it, i't won't even boot   the Kickrom..Help!

[Kvist]

amigakit wrote:
Hi! Welcome to Amiga.org.

If you are using an A1200, why not use a PCMCIA CF Adapter Kit with the EasyADF software.

It does not need a hard drive (floppy boots standalone).  EasyADF will convert the ADF files into Amiga floppy disks.  It will also uncompress LHA archives.

Heres the direct link:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=440

The boot disk contains a wizard to guide you through the transfer process.

Thanks for the advice! I've already mentioned it in my first post of this thread  ;-)
How fast is this device? And this floppy boot standalone, does it require booting from Workbench, or does it actually boot from scratch? It's a silly question, i know, i'm just curious.  :-)

[Kvist]

golem wrote:
Why are you using the 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor? Are you trying to use 3.5" hard drive? Then you need power to the drive  :-) If you are using 2.5" drive then you just need to use a small special cable, no adaptor.

I bought it mainly because i had some old 3,5" hd's laying around, and this adaptor was a much cheaper option than buying a 2,5" hd.  ;-)
And yes, it's got power, a power adapter cable was included with the the hd adaptor.
It's a while ago since the last time i tried to get it to work, i will give it a shot soon again. It should only be to hook up the wiring's, and the jumper set on "Master"?