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Using lha?
« on: August 16, 2012, 01:09:10 PM »
Hi there, Im starting to make more use of my A1200 now and id like to install a few games. Ive heard i need LHA in order to extract the installation file. Could someone please tell me how to install LHA to my system and run the installation program for the game.
 
So far ive got LHA.RUN, and double clicked on it and its extracted the files in my Work: folder.
Me thinking thats installed, i thought id try and use the installer for monkey island 2. so i went into shell and typed
 
Work: LHA X "MONKEY.LHA RAM:
 
It then says operation successfull but doesnt show any files its extracted, i go into ram, click show all files but the installer program is not there. I remember doing this years ago and got it to work but for some reason i cant seem to do it now..
 
can someone point me in the right direction?
 
thanks
A1200 - ACA 1221EC Accelerator, 32GB CF Card, SCSI CD-ROM, WB3.9, 3.1.4 ROM. PCMCIA 4GB transfer card, Indivision AGA MK2
 

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Re: Using lha?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 04:25:33 PM »
Thanks for the advice, I went to the link that you showed me done exactly as it says but still no joy, and placed LHA in c:
Could there be something that my system is missing or is the monkey.lha file damaged or missing something?
A1200 - ACA 1221EC Accelerator, 32GB CF Card, SCSI CD-ROM, WB3.9, 3.1.4 ROM. PCMCIA 4GB transfer card, Indivision AGA MK2
 

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Re: Using lha?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2012, 04:28:58 AM »
Quote from: Duce;703802
what error msgs are you getting?  Make sure you have the path correct on the file you wish to extract, or are currently in that directory.

With LHA in c: dir, and monkey.lha in RAM:, if you are in RAM: dir in command line/shell a simple lha x monkey.lha should work

I'm not getting any error messages it says operation successfull but there are no files in Ram, I think when I did it years ago it would show what files are being extracted in shell.

I think I do have Diropus on the HDD as it came with the A1200 when I got it from Amigakit.co.uk. But for the life of me I've got no idea how to use it.
I've just ordered a PCMCIA card which has whdload on and a load of other stuff on aswell.
Could this help my situation?
A1200 - ACA 1221EC Accelerator, 32GB CF Card, SCSI CD-ROM, WB3.9, 3.1.4 ROM. PCMCIA 4GB transfer card, Indivision AGA MK2
 

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Re: Using lha?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2012, 09:26:13 PM »
All my problems have been solved now I've got WHDLOAD sorted on my system! :-D
A1200 - ACA 1221EC Accelerator, 32GB CF Card, SCSI CD-ROM, WB3.9, 3.1.4 ROM. PCMCIA 4GB transfer card, Indivision AGA MK2