OS 3.9, sysinfo and soft kicking

[Snoozy]

Hi,

I have 2 more questions about OS 3.9 and despite my googling i haven't come up with useful answers.

1) How do you assess sysinfo on OS 3.9? I find it useful to see how my accelerator is comparing etc. Do i need to install this as a separate app? Where do i download it from?

2) How do i best downgrade my OS 3.9 to to kick 1.3 or 1.4 to enable compatibility with old floppy disk based games that are not on whdload. I used to use relokick on wb 3.1 but relokick does not seem compatible with OS 3.9 ( i get a red screen) So maybe i should try skick or tude. I have downloaded these but they come as lha files - argh! What do i do with them?

Any advice would be good

[Snoozy]

Thanks, so

1) Another lha file...do i need another program to extract lha files on the amiga..

2) If i type kick13 in OS 3.9 shell i get "unknown command"

:confused:

[Snoozy]

For hd games tude is a very powerful degrader.

Also, there is no such a thing as relokick being incompatible with OS3.9. It may be incompatible with OS3.9's softkicked Rom. But you still have 3.1 ROMS on your Amiga.

Simple don't allow OS3.9 do its ROM UPDATE + reboot.  Simply hold two mouse buttons "when you first turn on your Amiga" and boot without startup-sequence. From there run your blizkick command and you are all set.

ok so what is my blizkick command??

If i boot with no start-up sequence and have relokick in the floppy drive it only loads as far as a cli screen with a red border??

[Snoozy]

1) In OS 3.9, just double-click the lha file and specifiy where you want it to extract. You shouldn't need anything else.

2) You need to download ClassicWB. That's a add-on.

If i download Classic WB do i extract on pc then copy to OS 3.9 or do i extract on amiga? Once i extract to amiga OS 3.9 where do i copy the classic wb files to??

[Snoozy]

I'm starting to get confused :confused:

Why would i want classic wb on OS 3.9?

I thought OS 3.9 was supposed to be instead of wb 3.1?

If i install classic wb via winuae will i need to format and partition my hd - in which case i will lose OS 3.9 :confused:

(What cable do you use to attach your 2.5" hd to the pc?)

[Snoozy]

ok thanks,

Is it possible to add the installation of bloodwychs classic wb to OS 3.9 via saving classic wb on a 1gb CF card and then transferring via CF PCMCIA adaptor to OS 3.9 (thereby saving having to acquire an ide usb cable and removing my hd from my 1200)

[Snoozy]

ok thanks guys, sorry for taking a while to understand this but OS 3.9 is new to me.

(I've set up classic wb on CF cards in the past but that's not really what we're doing here is it?)

So...am i ok to download bloodwych classic wb, extract on PC and then copy to 1gb CF card.

Then via 1gb CF PCMCIA adaptor copy to OS3.9 on my 1200 by typing at the OS 3.9 shell prompt:

 Copy CF0: DH0: ALL CLONE

(ie not using winuae at any point)
Does that sound all ok?

[Snoozy]

For hd games tude is a very powerful degrader.

Also, there is no such a thing as relokick being incompatible with OS3.9. It may be incompatible with OS3.9's softkicked Rom. But you still have 3.1 ROMS on your Amiga.

Simple don't allow OS3.9 do its ROM UPDATE + reboot.  Simply hold two mouse buttons "when you first turn on your Amiga" and boot without startup-sequence. From there run your blizkick command and you are all set.

Hi can someone please explain me how i run a blizkick commmand as described above ? :confused:

[Snoozy]

Hi, thanks got this sorted in the end by copying a new kickstart folder (with all kick files) into my devs drawer.

Just need to get dopus and sysinfo installed and i think that will be it.