Sprucing up my A500

[arttu80]

Yes, it can be frustrating to have all Amiga software downloadable from Internet, but only on PC.
When I had only A500 at my disposal, I used serial cable between PC and Amiga. I was lucky I had my old Amiga disks, so I had JRComm ( If I remember correctly) program to use Amiga side serial connection. But it was slow transferring bigger files. The bottom line is that you must obtain some hardware/or software for Amiga side in order to transfer software to Amiga.

For Amiga 1200 / A600 it's a lot easier because you can use CompactFlash card reader in Amigas PCMCIA port. That is how I'm dealing with transferring issues, and it's fast.

[kedawa]

I'd rather not buy anything if I can avoid it, since I can't really afford anything other than rent and food at the moment, but if I do spend any money on Amiga stuff in the future, it'll be for a minimig or something like that.
My A500, 1084s, and CD32 cost me a total of $135, and from what I've seen, I'd easily be spending that much again just to expand the A500.
Amiga stuff is incredibly hard to find in Canada.
Is there a floppy emulator that can connect to the external floppy connector, so I can use it as DF1: ?

[freqmax]

Another cheap way is a 3,5" disc formatted in the x86-PC. And then used with "messydos" in Amiga such that you can read IBM/FAT format in the Amiga environment.

[motrucker]

I'd rather not buy anything if I can avoid it, .....
Amiga stuff is incredibly hard to find in Canada.?

I see stuff from Canada all the time on eBay. You must not be looking in the right palces. Check eBay and Amibay - you might get lucky

Good luck either way.