help needed, just set up amiga 1200

[leytond]

well strugeling dont even come close, after 5 days of trying to get a cdrom working on my 1200, i finaly give up,
all the files on the cds are nearly all lha. what ever that is, ive downloaded lha.run from aminet, idefix, and loads of other files that dont actualy do anything, and as for cross dos, forget it, ive even tried to copy files from my pc to the amiga, (not happening by the way)
seems that you cant do this with a pc that is beyond windows xp,
why would anyone have a pc pre xp, ?
as for the lha i just cant get this to work the screen flashes once and that is it, it wont let me right click to extract the file,
 i need some real help, all i seem to be doing is trouling the net and not getting anywhere,
my amiga is a 1200 with 3.1 roms, apollo 1200 expansion with 8 meg ram on it 80 gig hard drive with os3.1 and a dvd cd rom , someone help me  PLEASE.

[Munchkin]

First of all, lha is an archive extension. All filex are compressed with the program lha.

lha.run is a self extracting archive that you need to run, after that you have to copy the file lha to your C folder.

After that you can extract all those lha files to wherever you want them extracted like this in a cli window.

lha x filename.lha whereveryouwantit

to extract to ram you type like this:

lha x filename.lha ram:

idefix is probably an lha archive that you first need to extract like this and then run the install-script that's a part of the extracted files.

After that you should reboot and try to mount the CD. If the CD driver isn't automatically installed in devs:dosdrivers you can try to type

Mount CD0:

in a cli window.

[leytond]

well i dont know what im doing, but ive tried allsorts to extract the files,
when i try to extract them i get a flash on the screen and something that says they have no tool ?
what ever that is.
how do i run the lha.run file if i havnt installed an extracter this dont make sence, cant i just double click it,

Munchkin wrote:
First of all, lha is an archive extension. All filex are compressed with the program lha.

lha.run is a self extracting archive that you need to run, after that you have to copy the file lha to your C folder.

After that you can extract all those lha files to wherever you want them extracted like this in a cli window.

lha x filename.lha whereveryouwantit

to extract to ram you type like this:

lha x filename.lha ram:

idefix is probably an lha archive that you first need to extract like this and then run the install-script that's a part of the extracted files.

After that you should reboot and try to mount the CD. If the CD driver isn't automatically installed in devs:dosdrivers you can try to type

Mount CD0:

in a cli window.

[Munchkin]

The lha.run is selfextracting. You don't need a tool to extract it with.

Copy it to your ram-disk.

Open a shell (cli) window

in that type:

CD ram:  (press enter)

after that you type:

lha.run  (press enter)

now the file should extract itself.

you will see a few files extract.

Then you type like this:

Copy lha_68020 C:lha (press enter)

Now you should have lha installed so you can extract the other files.

[don27dog]

Don't panic it isn't very difficult.

1st run your lha program to extract files.
2nd Move LHA to C:
3rd Open Shell and type
lha x (Orginalfilepath and name of file) (directory you want it)
Example
lha x dh1:example.lha ram:

[leytond]

ok im totaly new to this.
first what is a shell and cli,
do i have to do this every time i want to extract something.
isnt there an easyer way like right clicking such as the pc,

Munchkin wrote:
The lha.run is selfextracting. You don't need a tool to extract it with.

Copy it to your ram-disk.

Open a shell (cli) window

in that type:

CD ram:  (press enter)

after that you type:

lha.run  (press enter)

now the file should extract itself.

you will see a few files extract.

Then you type like this:

Copy lha_68020 C:lha (press enter)

Now you should have lha installed so you can extract the other files.

[Munchkin]

This is Amiga in a nutshell. There are programs you can use to extract files through mouseclicks but not by default, that's something you need to download and install. Personally I prefer the original console way.

Shell is a console window so to speak. You open one by clicking on the Shell icon that you find in the System folder on your workbench partition.

in there you type those things.

[leytond]

so there is no way of just clickig and extracting the file to a directory of my choice,
i am still getting the flash of the screen and nothing is happening, surly im doing something rong here, .

[leytond]

well tried again and all i get for all of the lha files is file is not executable, am i missing something here or am just wasting my time with this old thing. help if ya can,
chears leyton dodds.

[leytond]

well im open to any advive at the moment ive unpacked the lha file into my c draw but still cant extract any lha file, all i get is file is not executable , ive tried a program called dir work and that seems to have an lha icon at the top, but as yet dosnt seem to do anything,
should i give up the ghost with this or is there something i can do to make this work, i was thinking of getting os3.5 or 3.9, but if this dont work is there any point, seems that this old amiga is set for the knackers yard.
pleaes HELP, anyone.

[karel]

MTOOLII from aminet is fine.
i have A1200
 :-)

[Amiduffer]

How to use Dir Work:

1: In one of the two windows, pick a destination of where you are going to extract the file to (usually to the HD0:Work folder where your non-workbench programs go).
2: In the other window, click once on the file you wish to extract so that its highlighted.
3: Click on the LHA button
4: file will unpack

Amiga tips

[leytond]

done that it just puta the lha file in another directory, without unpacking it, ?
thats it for the day ive had enough, looks like it will end up back in the cubord or on ebay, i thought things would have got better for amiga, looks like things are still the same
(a pain in the ass and to expencive) lol,
thanks for the help anyway.

[Munchkin]

I don't know what you expected really. But you picked up a 15 year old computer with a 15 year old operating system and compare it with the ease you have in windows that's 10 years newer0.

You need some patience, you can learn how to work with it. It just works in a different way.

I, and others here, will try our best to help you get started as much as we can.

[Flashlab]

Things have picked up; I have a GUI unarchiver in my OS3.9 setup installed by default. But hey, if you're this impatient and expect Windows XP experience, maybe Amiga is not for you... ?