new user questions

[jimdibb]

Test, test, is this thing on?  (Thanks for all the test replies, I'm really not clueless, it just didn't work at all last night.)

Hi,
I got an A1000 the other day for free.  It's got a load of disks, 512k, starboard2 w/2MB, ext. 3.5, ext 5.25.  I fixed a bunch of keys on the keyboard.

Anyway, some of the disks are sketchy.

Can I make a copy of the kickstart disk with 'DISKCOPY'? (I'm not sure if it's any different than any other disk).  
If so, can I use 3.5 HD disks?  I tried and got a 'bad sector number' error.  Do I need to explicitly format them first?

One other question.  I was playing Marble Madness as a first test of the system.  It worked fine, but I couldn't 'quit'.  Do most games just require a reboot when you're done playing?

I used to have a c-64 with 1541, right when they came out.  It's fun to be getting back into it (I also got a c-128 with 1571 for free.  They're used, but still in the original boxes.)

Thanks for any help.  I hope I'll be able to contribute shortly.  (If you need to know how to fix stuck or non-functional A1000 keys, let me know   :-D ).

[NJ_72]

welcome at amiga.org  :pint:

[x56h34]

What's this? Who posted this? What's happening?







;-)

Just kidding. It works.

[whabang]

Right back at 'cha!

[x56h34]

Why did you edit your complete post like that? Now you make us look like complete idiots, with our non-related answers and all.

[jimdibb]

Sorry, I didn't realize I'd get split second responses.

[X-ray]

@ Jim:

If you use 3.5" HD disks on the Amiga, to copy Amiga DOS disks then you need to cover the right-hand hole with some opaque tape (not the write-protect hole) and just format it in the usual way. Of course you will then not have a 1.44mb disk, you'll have an 880kb disk.

Quitting from games: most disk-based games have no quit - you must reset or turn off.

Keyboard: he he that brings back memories. One day I spilled a whole glass of sticky mango juice on my B2000 keyboard and I had to take it apart and bath the plastic pieces. The keys I had to clean with those little alcohol swabs they use in hospitals before you get an injection. Not a nice job.

[weirdami]

@jimdibb

I'd clean out the disk drive first. Get one of those disk head cleaners with the cleaning solution bottle and run it though the drive a couple of click-whirr-whirr cycles. A can of compressed air wouldn't hurt, either, but may not be necessary. Some disks work fine in a dirty drive and others will by flaky. Cleaning will make more disks work right if it's dirty now.