Total Amiga NEWB

[KatManDEW]

I'll take a stab at some answers, since I've been asking so many myself recently :-)

You can't play audio CD's without some upgrades.
Your Kickstart and WB are current.
You probably will want to get WHDLoad to play games from the hard drive.
You can use apps like MUI, Newicons, and ClassAct to dress up the desktop, but I personally think OS 3.9 is the best way to dress it up. You can also use ClassicWB or AmigaSys to dress things up.

You can get tons of apps at http://aminet.net Check Lemon Amiga for game info and links to places to download them.


I'm gonna watch this thread myself to see what recommendations the Guru's give you.

Have fun!

[KatManDEW]

I highly recommend a file manager utility, like Directory Opus

[KatManDEW]

If you have a CD burner in your PC, that's probably the best way to do it.

You can use CrossDOS to read PC floppies with the Amiga, but they will need to be formatted to 720k if you don't have a high density floppy in your Amiga (most don't).

You can connect you Amiga to your PC with a null modem cable and use apps like Twin or Amiga Explorer to transfer files.

[KatManDEW]

Make sure you've got a working set of Workbench disks or a copy of OS3.9 before you remove that drive. You might regret it otherwise

That's very good advice.

SCSI drives like you need are not common now-a-days. And you can't use any more than 4 gig unless you do some upgrading. You can use a drive that's bigger than 4 gig, but you will only be able to access the first 4 gig on the drive.

I've been doing lots of upgrading, and I still can't access any more than the first 4 gig.

You're pretty much in the same situation I was in a few weeks ago.

[KatManDEW]

If you're looking at the CD contents with Workbench, go to the Window menu and select Show - All Files.