New Harddisk in A600 to play games.

[_ThEcRoW]

All aga games released were released also for ecs/ocs, only a few didn't, but these games were the later ones and were also in the pc, so not getting aga for gaming shouldn't be a issue.
All the classics are playable even in an expanded a500.
The a600 is a cool Amiga so if i were you i won't throw it away.

[Roman78]

Throw away??? I throw nothing away.  :lol:

It's indeed very small machine. Tomorrow i wil try to upgrade the harddisk.

But how do i put those WHDLoad to the Amiga? The PC disk he won't read. Hmmmm think i find out how Amiga Explorer works from Amiga Forever? Or is there a simple way useing a LPT cable?

Hmmm copying the OS to my pc and than back. May also work.

[TjLaZer]

The A600 is a very capable machine!  Get the 1MB Chip expansion card and maybe a 2 or 4MB PCMCIA SRAM card and you are all set!

I succesfully installed a 4.86GB HD in my A600, It had Kickstart 37.350 on it and it worked fine as long as I stayed under 4GB.  I later put Kickstart 40.063 in as it is more compatible with older games and is faster!

As far as WHDLoad, most games run fine, and for the quit key just reassign a new one!  No problem.

You need CrossDOS to transfer it to your A600 via 720k PC disks...

[Roman78]

I just had a PM....

Maybe í have an A1200 over a while .

She said (i think it's a she, i don't know) that when i buy a 3.1 rom and use FastFileSystem patch from aminet that i can use up to 40 gig harddisk... that are... (reken reken) almost 5.000 disks... WOW...  :-o Don't have that much, a 20 gig wil do.  :lol:

I'll wait on her/his reaction.

Can i use a LPT or NullModem cable to trasfer files? I want to backup all my games on a CD or DVD on my PC. Or useing a CD-burner on an Amiga.  :-D

[keropi]

hey tjlazer, are you sure that on a 68000 amiga the quit key works? I remember on the whdload docs that it needs some extra instruction which is available on a 68010 and higher...

[Roman78]

I'm back....

Just installed WB 2.05 on my A600. The disks came whit the mail today. Now it's formatting my second partition.... 1528 cylinders to go......

[Tomas]

I cannot install OS 3.0 on an A600, can i?

You can if you have kickstart 3.x, which some amiga suppliers sell. You wont be able to get much use out of OS3 if you have the orginal kickstart 2.x.

[Tomas]

Roman78 wrote:
Rebooting after playing is no problem i think. It's reboot fast, faster than my Dual G4 1,25 or my XP2400+.

I think 800 Mb must work. Only problem i have now is that i need more memory. And a workbench. I found one 2.05 for € 5,- Hope he stil has it. New and still sealed.

I will pm you when it's not working

you could also buy os3.1 with the kickstart 3.1 roms, if you are comfortable with swapping the chip yourself.

[leirbag28]

@Roman78

YOu dont need to go through all that crazy trouble to transfer stuff from your PC.

Just Drop the PCD icon into your DEVS:DOSDrivers drawer from the Storage Drawer..and Thats it!  Now you can read 720Kb floppies from PC's   you need Windows 98 or below to format those 720kb disks......if the disk has 2 holes....make sure you cover the one WITHOUT the switch with paper and some tape.   Now you can swap between your PC and Amiga.

Now if a floppy isnt big enough.......then Get a PCMCIA Compact Flash adaptor or Sony Memory Stick or SD or which ever you prefer.........up to sizes of 4 Gigabytes.

Now you can Transfer evrything you download on your Laptop to your A600!

But you need to download Fat95.lha and cfd.lha  from Aminet and your set.........your Amiga 600 is much better than you imagine.

Also I recommend getting a 1,2 or 4mb PCMCIA SRAM card..like the ones used on Apple Newtons......it will give you a total of 6MB RAM....(No..regular Compact Flash cards wont work as RAM...only as disks)

I just won a 4mb Apple Newton Flash for under $15 on eBay......I cant wait to start WHDLoading my rear end off!

I ususally used WHDLoad on my CD32/SX32 pro.  What a Treat!
No more Floppy disk loading!

Get all that I mentioned here.
 

[Eclipse]

I could use this as RAM?
EBAY

[adolescent]

keropi wrote:
hey tjlazer, are you sure that on a 68000 amiga the quit key works? I remember on the whdload docs that it needs some extra instruction which is available on a 68010 and higher...

Only poorly written slaves need 68010 VBR to quit.  And, even then it's not a big deal, my system boots in a few seconds.

[leirbag28]

@Eclipse

Quite possibly YES,  but that is Wayyyyyy too expensive!

and there is no gaurantee that would work......as there are some cards that have a different pin layout.

[Dr_Righteous]

IIRC, the 3.1 ROM for the A500/A2000 also works on the A600... I picked one up on ebay for like US$17 shipped (From the Netherlands, no less). OS3.1 would run no problem.

[Roman78]

[Doppie1200]

Every card reader works I suppose. PCMCIA->CF is just a form factor. There are no active components in such a reader as far as I know. I use a sweex and it works fine.

The biggest drawback of the A600 is it's lack of fastram. I'm hoping that accelerator thread that was about last time materializes.

[Eclipse]

leirbag28 wrote:
@Eclipse

Quite possibly YES,  but that is Wayyyyyy too expensive!

and there is no gaurantee that would work......as there are some cards that have a different pin layout.

Don't suppose you have a link anywhere please?