A1200 going online

[runequester]

Its awfully handy for getting stuff off aminet.

It can be painful for other things. Some times I end up doing it just because

Forums usually arent too bad, though you may as well disable images.
I set Ibrowse up to use RAM as cache instead of the hard drive, which seems to be a little bit faster.

[runequester]

I would kill a not insignificant amount of windows users, to have a 1200 with an IBM model M keyboard in it.

[runequester]

You generally have to manually start the TCP/IP program first.
 
Assigning it doesnt make it start automatically (and if you use WHDLoad, you probably wouldnt want it to in any event)

[runequester]

Ok, so i should have easynet in the next day or so (ordered from amigakit and will be on cd)

So i extract the files from cd onto cf card and copy over to 1200 via pcmcia.

The Easynet files will arrange my tcp stack and then i just use either Aweb or Genesis to browse? Is that right?

Do i need to input my IP address somewhere into the 1200 Aweb software?

And what is the risk to whdload of using the internet on a 1200?

Thanks if any can offer advice for those that have already trodden this path

You do have to set it up. It isn't too too hard, though if you haven't done it in a while, fiddle with it a bit and be prepared to google information.

Easynet includes a TCP/IP stack and you just use whatever web browser you want. It isnt fast but its handy for some things.

THe risk to WHDload is just that it may crash your machine if an IP stack is running. No big deal. I usually reboot after using it anyways, to avoid memory fragmentation troubles.

[runequester]

hey runequester,

So what you're saying is keep whdload gaming sessions and internet browsing completely separate, ie cold reboot between the two?

You should be able to just shut down the IP stack and be fine, but for simplicity, its easier to just reboot. Only takes a few seconds anyways

[runequester]

I am trying to remember how I did it but are you familiar with how to use assigns? You can probably just assign the easynet volume name to wherever you copied the files.

[runequester]

Hey buddy, are you saying I need to run an assign in my s:start-up?
 
How did others install easynet from cd if they don't have cd drives? Somebody had suggested saving the easynet cd as an iso image on pc then copy to cf? Does this fool the 1200 into thinking the easynet file is in a cd drive?
 
Why have amigakit put this sotware on cd?? When will they move into the 21st century and give it as a download with a keyfile that can be installed to the 1200 via cf pcmcia?!

Im trying to remember what I did, but try adding it as an assign in your user startup. Alternatively you can just execute it as a command, but that wont survive a reboot of course.
 
I've used that to fool the system to believe that something on a CF card or hard drive is actually a CD, since most times, the amiga just looks for the volume name, which can of course be any device.