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Offline dreddnoughtTopic starter

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Newbie and a few questions
« on: June 04, 2011, 10:45:56 AM »
Hello all!  I'm not only new to this forum, I'm also new to the Amiga.  I'm 33 and grew up on the Megadrive and the SNES - being an actual computer, the Amiga was something for older kids and I've never owned one.  Until now!  Picked up an A500+ on eBay for £30 and now I'm excited to start exploring the Amiga world.

But I have a few questions.  The internet is full of stuff about the Amiga but could anyone suggest some good sites for a novice to learn more?  Personal recommendations are always better than just trawling.  Also, if anyone can point out some good areas of the forum, give me a bit of orientation, that would be great.

Unfortunately I have also encountered a problem with my new purchase - 1Meg RAM games won't run!  I thought the 500+ had 1Meg RAM and seing as I'm completely clueless I'm not sure what the issue is.  I'm hoping it's easily fixed.  If anyone can point me in the direction of some good resources, it would be greatly appreciated!

My name's Mark by the way.  Ta!
 

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Re: Newbie and a few questions
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 10:56:29 AM »
Hi Ving, and thank you!  Forgive me if this sounds stupid but where would I find that?  Will i have to open it up?  No problem if so, I know my way around a PC so I'm used to opening up hardware - there's a trapdoor in the bottom of the system where I assumed the expansion would be but that's empty.  I'm not being lazy by the way, I have been Googling, but there's so much out there! :D
 

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Re: Newbie and a few questions
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 11:12:34 AM »
Quote from: Kronos;642368
There are plenty sites, and which you should visit depends on what you plan to do .... (doh)

Those "1MB" games are probraly not Kick2.0 compatible or stumble over aspects of the ECS-chipset. The 500+ has 1MB default and is often upgraded (via the trapdoor slot) to 2MB.

You might want name specific games and describe symptoms of "not working".


Cheers Kronos.  Good point!  Well, to begin with I guess I want to learn about the hardware.  It's not like I could just drop into PC World for help so I will need to find maintenance info.  The issues I've come across though are many sites kinda assume some Amiga knowledge already and I have none.

Case in point - Kick 2.0.  What?  Haha, see, novice!  I will pick this stuff up though.

Interesting!  Just typing this when the post arrived - including a copy of Space Hulk - requiring 1Meg of RAM.  also noted on the box works with various versions of Kickstart.  Just popped it in and it works fine!  So, not a RAM issue . . .

Games like Formula 1, Silent Service 2, alien Breed 92 - None of these will run.  I get a "Software Error" message.  I'll have to check the specific code but I did look around the web last night and found a chap who had a similar issue and it was suggested to him it was a RAM problem.

Cheers guys, this is already shaping up to be a great forum.  Glad to be part of the community :)
 

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Re: Newbie and a few questions
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2011, 11:15:03 AM »
Quote from: Kronos;642371
If your lucky a previous owner has allready removed it, if not do it now and make sure you clean up all leaked acid.

There is the possibility that your battery has not leaked (as remote it may seem) you should still remove it now as it will leak sooner or later.


Again, thank you.  Just remove it?  Is it not needed?!