A Few Questinos Re:Unzip and Screenmodes

[Robert17]

Hi all, posting from my amiga, again! Anyway I've run into a few little problems, firstly I need to unzip files from .zip archives, as I want to download things from back to the roots to play on here, I've tried some utilites from aminet with no sucess, can anyone recommend something to unpack my zips?
Secondly, Currently I'm browsing in 640x256 64 colours, I know you can turn the resolution up but it scrolls, is there anyway so use say, 640x480 but make it use the whole screen, i.e no scrolling, all on one screen?

Thanks

Robert

[blobrana]

Hum,
do those .zip files contain ADF file ment for an PC emulator only?
or ISO cd disk images, that you can burn?

Best just to stick to the .lha files...

As for Screenmodes: do you not have 640x480 as a choise, in the screen mode prefs?
or do you mean the browser window is too small? (config, load up smaller buttons)

[Robert17]

Well it was the HD-Games I was referring to, you can just unpack them and stick them on your hard drive, I've done it before via crossdos and .lha but now since I have my amiga online I wanted to download the files directly, is there no way to unzip them?

[Spidey]

Hi Robert17,

Just go to Aminet and search for an UnZIP program:

HERE

Good luck,

Spidey

[cgutjahr]

Robert17 wrote:
firstly I need to unzip files from .zip archives, as I want to download things from back to the roots to play on here

As Spidey already pointed out, the official UnZip port is on Aminet. However, for dearchiving pretty much anything (LhA, LZX, (G)ZIP, BZip...) I would recommend XADmaster library system (free keyfile available here, search the page for "free keyfile").

With XAD, you have just one CLI tool that extracts lots of different archive formats...

If you like XAD, get Directory Opus 4, it supports the XAD system. This way, you can extract all of the archive formats supported by XAD with Drag'n Drop (check DOpus4's manual for instructions).

Secondly, Currently I'm browsing in 640x256 64 colours, I know you can turn the resolution up but it scrolls, is there anyway so use say, 640x480 but make it use the whole screen, i.e no scrolling, all on one screen?

Open SYS:Prefs/Screenmode and choose a new screenmode. With a TV set, a 1084 or a similar monitor you're restricted to PAL.#? and NTSC:#? modes. The "Hires Interlace" modes give you 640x400 (NTSC) or 640x512 (PAL) resolutions, but these flicker a lot. You can use the MagicTV hack to reduce the flicker, but you're limited to 16 colours if you do.

If you have a spare VGA (i.e. PC) monitor, you can connect your Amiga to this monitor, using the "Multiscan" monitor drivers supplied with Workbench: 640x480, 60 hz. You'll have to buy a (very) cheap adaptor to connect the monitor to your Amiga. Games will not support these screenmodes, so you'll have to keep your current monitor and use this one for games.