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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #44 from previous page: July 20, 2011, 06:28:40 PM »
thats a pretty badass 600 :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #45 on: July 20, 2011, 06:59:18 PM »
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thats a pretty badass 600 :)


Not to be un-humble, but I KNOW!!! ;)

And thankx again to Mozzerfan for hooking me up with a free 600 mobo when mine began to flake out.



Can't wait for the Natami! Then we'll have small and super powerful all in one! :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #46 on: July 20, 2011, 07:03:09 PM »
What do you for floppies? Or do you even bother anymore?
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #47 on: July 20, 2011, 07:13:50 PM »
I got the USB version, but want the SD version:

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=7

Don't use it hardly at all though since I generally just use RAD: in conjunction with Floppy Images when I need to which is pretty much never.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #48 on: July 20, 2011, 07:31:13 PM »
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I got the USB version, but want the SD version:

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=7

Don't use it hardly at all though since I generally just use RAD: in conjunction with Floppy Images when I need to which is pretty much never.


okay, so explain that to me. Can you mount an adf and have the miggy recognize it as a "real" floppy?

How much fuss is that, and how does it work with multiple disk games f.x. ?
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2011, 07:57:09 PM »
The Amiga treats RAD images like a real floppy, same goes for the SD and USB adapter.

RAD is great for HD installing or single floppy games as it survives reboot, but not good for multiple floppy games that you can't HD install. For that you're best solution would be the SD adapter. Both methods are easy.

More info later, gotta clock in. :/
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2011, 07:59:08 PM »
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okay, so explain that to me. Can you mount an adf and have the miggy recognize it as a "real" floppy?


search Aminet for diskimage.lha
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #51 on: July 20, 2011, 08:07:04 PM »
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I have:

A604 Memory Expansion
Indivision ECS Internal Flicker Fixer
Subway USB Controller
IDE to Compact Fash Interface
8BG CF Card Used as Hard Drive
4Gb CF Card used with PCMCIA Compact Flash Adaptor
ACA 630/25 Stealth Accelerator with 32Mb of RAM.
MIDI 1 MIDI Controller

...and a few other odds and ends I use from time to time.

Next step, a sound card to use in conjunction with my beloved Paula. :)


Nice setup... I'm still waiting for funds to my next AmigaKit order before I can compete with that but I do have the "rare" ACA630/30 with 64MB of RAM and internal SCSI ain't yet common amongst the well expanded A600 systems poping up everywhere. :D
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2011, 08:19:32 PM »
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search Aminet for diskimage.lha


Hot damn. I'll have to check that out once im no longer stuck with black/white ntsc image :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2011, 09:32:18 PM »
Can't go into deep detail ATM cause I'm at work but get this

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/tsgui

Then in CLI type "mount RAD:"

Then if you need help, I'll continue after work. :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2011, 10:50:36 PM »
For ACA630 users you can make a custom 1MB Kickstart image holding both 1.3 and 3.1 kickstart and a simple switch that:
- Simultaneously disables ACA and use Kickstart 1.3 (For old Games/Trainers and Demos)
- Simultaneously enables ACA and use Kickstart 3.1 (For WHDLoad funz and Workbench l33tness)

I made an easy schematic here: http://mfilos.blogspot.com/p/dual-kickstart-switch.html

Also HxC SD Floppy Emulator is really awesome device! Made some neat custom mounting last year but since the release of Jen's awesome A604, I thought of putting the floppy back on and having the HxC externally.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2011, 11:36:43 PM »
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An oppertunity to buy an amiga 600 has come up and I cant decide if I should or not! Basicaly I have a 500 and have wanted a 1200 for some time but not really been fussed about the 600. I sort off see it stuck in the middle with ECS being not much better than the 500 but with the chance to fit a harddrive which is something I have wanted on an amiga which would be cool! I do think its the best looking of the amigas though!

So basicaly I wondered what you all think of the 600 should I buy it??


Like I said, If the A600 was really cheap (Under $50) I would get it for sure. Its a nice machine.  I have three of them. Then I would also get an A1200 if you could.  The 1200 is worth it though, much better than the A600.  It has AGA and easy accelerator options too.  Though the A600 now has a nice 030 option.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2011, 11:59:41 PM »
Alright got a minute with my iPod...

RAD is a virtual floppy that stores in RAM and will survive a warm reboot. Mount that with the commands I supplied in conjunction with TSGui and you should be on your way...


Though for multiple floppy games you'll want one of those SD based virtual floppy drives.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #57 on: July 21, 2011, 01:38:11 AM »
Thanks man. Going above and beyond :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #58 on: July 21, 2011, 04:29:47 AM »
Np g! :)
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