My new years resolution. Amiga only for as long as I can

[Cammy]

I don't think it's a good idea to start on something new when we could just contribute to what already exists here - http://wiki.abime.net/

[actung_bab]

good luck with the 1200 many years ogo after few yeras not using my blizzard ppc card
tryed the internet again using owb with classic os 4.0
was okay
trouble with using the classic 1200 there good and bad the good first it feels like orginal amiga does using the custom chips etc .

u have advantage using a 030 cpu and fast ram this always good anyways means u can
use alot more classic software , for wirless cards sounds good l just use pcmcia network
card with wire .

just use jahc msn program its the best

good luck with the 1200 the web pages look bit funny and some sites arent so useable
but just give it a go see how u like it

am working on my 1200 at the moment 020 4 meg ram
ps 060 card whould be nice wanted one year or so ago damm the selling for way
to much money though not sure know.. for games 030 cards where the better bet.
l brought a buffered ide card plugs into ide port if you add your 1200 mb into
tower case u can just run the cdrom (ide) of that use idefix software
thats if you can find amiga designed tower case in austrila u need one as the mb is
diffrent shape and has no mounting points .
years ago brought a tower kit from eyetech as shiping costs to nz way to expensive for me , which basically u use bottom half your 1200 tray and get pc full tower
not sure u want that these days bit bulky anyways l think still got the backplane
l have to check if you want that no good to me as sold my blizzaard ppc card

okay good luck

[runequester]

I thought about the tower option, but it seems like it'll be far too much trouble and cost for the result.
It'd almost end up cheaper just looking for a 4000 Tower at that rate, and that'd come with an 040 already

[amyren]

Check with your bank if they offer internet banking for mobile phones.
My bank did use java for authention to get to the internetbank services, so I could not use it on MorphOS either.
I did contact the bank, but they said that it was their only option. No java - no banking.

But then I subscribed to their cellphone banking services and they sent me an SMS with an URL. Then I retyped the URL in the OWB browser, and then I could log in and use a simplyfied version it - without java. The page looks very simple, and I guess it might work even with IBrowse.

btw, isnt Netsurf available for 68k as well? Not sure about the requirements though.

[orange]

And I don't get the whole emulation thing. I mean using a more powerful system to run old software. Why?

I don't like emulation, but it has some advantages: costs nothing, takes no extra space, consumes less power, easy to configure (HDD), extremely fast (except when emulating newer systems like PS2), etc..

[Cammy]

Netsurf requires a Retargetable Graphics Card, only in 16bit mode, which means it won't run in AGA.

I have been using iCab to browse some CSS sites on my 030 A1200, and with CSS enabled it's certainly slow at transforming the pages after they have loaded, CSS seems to be a very bulky addition to HTML designed for a world with much faster CPUs.

Still, it's pretty good that Mac OS and games run so well on the A1200 through ShapeShifter. I have talked to a few people about my experiences, and many people seem to only remember trying ShapeShifter with either the built-in video drivers (extremely slow) or other older ones from Aminet which aren't much faster. When I first installed it, I saw how slow it was... moving the mouse pointer around on screen was like a slideshow! But then I installed a replacement for PrepareEmul and a much newer video driver (both written by Thomas) and WOW! I have what feels like a full speed 030 Mac. Sure it won't play games as smooth as it would if you had a real Chunky mode (like with a RTG card or Grafitti) but it's actually usable!

Does anyone remember the game Links on the Amiga? It's a golf game that runs in 4,096 colours on classic Amigas. Well Links Pro is a newer and nicer looking version of the game, but it never came out for Amigas. But it plays like a dream on my 030 A1200 in 640x480 in 256 colours!

Sorry for rambling, but I don't think I'll EVER run out of stuff to play and muck around with on my Amigas. If anyone else wants to try, I'm very willing to help out since I've just gone through all of the setting up myself.

[Karlos]

But then I installed a replacement for PrepareEmul and a much newer video driver (both written by Thomas) and WOW! I have what feels like a full speed 030 Mac. Sure it won't play games as smooth as it would if you had a real Chunky mode (like with a RTG card or Grafitti) but it's actually usable!

I assume it's using MMU based refresh? Before I got an RTG card, I did try a demo of the Savage EVD that was PPC enabled. That thing really shifted pixels.

[Cammy]

Yeah, that's right it's MMU-based, just like the new experimental video driver for Basilisk in the news item. I tried the SavageAGA demo driver, which is limited to 512x384 (which is actually quite a nice mode if you have an Indivision), but it still wasn't as fast as this new driver.

I have been playing Warcraft II all day on my AGA 030/28 with 32MB RAM (16 for MacOS, the rest for AmigaOS) and it's perfectly playable! Scrolling around the map isn't super smooth, but you wouldn't expect it to be. Playing the game and watching the little dudes move around the map is just as fast as it should be.

[Tenacious]

I used shapeshifter years ago.  It was very fast with Picasso (I was told faster than real 030 Macs).  I gave up on it when I could not get it to work with my then-new 060.  I have, in the years since, rescued a few older Macs.  I sort of like the look of the pizza-box macs.

I thought Basilisk superceded/replaced Shapeshifter.  Has Shapeshifter leap-frogged ahead?

EDIT: Classic Macintosh may have the best version of the game Othello compared to any platform.  It was called Reversi - the Eclipse.