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Offline Mr_BTopic starter

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Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« on: October 25, 2003, 11:38:08 AM »
Still not having been able to get a hold on a new working set of Workbench for my A1200'a istarted to look in other directions.. somewhere along the way, someone sugested to try something rather simply... take the harddrive, connect it to the PC, and run WinUAE. Install Workbench from there... Could it work? I am going to try, i think there might be "things" about how they read the drive, but that should be limited to a few different modes, should it not? The drive in question is a smaller drive, 1Gb IBM.

Happy for any sugestion.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2003, 01:39:52 PM »
why not just buy os3.9cd ?

beyond that i doubt it will work (using uae and install it) .

os3.9 is still for sale and has os3.0/1 and 3,9 on the cd.

if thats hard to find then you only search the wrong places.

goodluck and welcome to amiga.org
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2003, 01:40:23 PM »
Hi and welcome...

What exactly do you mean by "a new working set of Workbench"?

What are you trying to get to work?

OS3.9? -or what...

A PC can't just read/write files from a HD you formated with you'r amiga...
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2003, 01:49:51 PM »
Problem is, my Amiga Workbench floppies for my A1200'a have died.. offcourse, being 10 years old atleast... Floppies never was the best to store stuff for safe keeping, i been trying to get a hold on a working copy, but as it turns out, nobody has any, or want to copy it to my disks, not even to the original disks, even tho i have to admit, sending the original disks in the mail, bad or not, sounds a bit stoopid...

If i only had a running Amiga, problem would be gone, i need nullmodem cable setup to a computer with internet, or the amiga itself connected t internet.. get a adf reader, and have it simply write out the darn disks from adf's.. Seams im stuck, i just dont wanna pay the somewhat to high price for something i just wanna get running for the fun of it...

I mean, im not that huge a Amiga fan, it is just for nostalgic reasons really.

Sorry
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2003, 02:06:31 PM »
If you own an amiga a1200, surely that came with a set of WB disks right? Then Legally im sure your entitled to a copy of wb disks to copy onto your original disks. Someone please correct me if im wrong.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2003, 02:13:47 PM »
Hmm...

If you don't want to buy a copy it's going to be darn hard to get someone to give it to you for free... :-)

Hmm...
Have you tried eBay? There's very often cheap amiga soft/hardware... You could give it a go there...

But if you want it *just* for nostalgic reasons I'd recommend winUAE on your PC...
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2003, 02:23:48 PM »
Try to find the Amiga Format CD 50, 51 or 52. They have Workbench 3.0 disks on the CD. AF had a special premission to put it on this CD's. The disks are packed in DMS format.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2003, 02:25:59 PM »
Thats why i said nobody even wanted to copy it to my original disks, even if i wanted to ship them to someone, so i tried getting someone in town, but no luck...

And also, where is the nostalgia in playing your amiga, from the emulator at the PC ?

The nostalgia is in the tac 2, the TV, and the panic you get for swapping floppies... I was bright enough to save all my floppies as backed up compressed disk immages, on cd, now problem being i cant get them back on to disks without a working installed OS.. PC and Amiga dont write to floppies the same way, remeber?

*sigh* i just so wanna play K240...
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2003, 02:27:26 PM »
Oh, new post missed.. Um, those cd's wont help my much, as i cant read em on the Amiga, need an installed os to read the cd on my PC, and ship it over by nullmodem....

Am i missing something here?
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2003, 02:40:03 PM »
If you get the latest WinUAE you can in fact read Amiga formated hard drives with it. You can aalso install WB to that drive and put it in a real Amiga. I have heard of several people doing just that. It was even talked about in a thread here a few days ago.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2003, 02:56:35 PM »
Yeah, rumor said so, im going to try, better look at that thread... thanks.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2003, 03:41:03 PM »
I've got a spare set of AmigaOS 3.1 (floppies and manuals) you can have if you pay the P&P...
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2003, 06:22:52 PM »
Um, not totaly sure, but i think the A1200'a runs on #ickstart 3.0, that would mean i need to get a hold on new rom's, right?

Feels like im chasing my own tail...
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2003, 07:00:26 PM »
OS3.1 does work on 3.0-ROMs.
OS3.5/3.9 require 3.1-ROMs.
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Re: Big walk around, for Workbench install? Could it work
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2003, 07:07:49 PM »
Then that probobly means i would be much intressted, unless i get this WinUAE to install properly and then run the disk in the amiga.. i'll have a go at that first..

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