Dam it ive forgot !!

[jimmyboy]

I feel like ive been mind wiped :/

Trying to setup my A1200T/BPPC and ive forgot how to do it lol.
I remember a thread on one of these amiga boards a guide on how to setup my A1200T but i cant find it. Ive also got a tv card to go into the tower now to try and get whdload to work on it.

I know ive got to setup
bppcfix ?
warpos 4 then 5.1 ?
mediator setup cd ?
Boing bag updates 1 to 4 ?
voodoo picasa setup ?

No idea on the order or if im missing a step.
Ive got as far as raw 3.9 with fastata installed.

I will keep googling.
Any help appreciated.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Not owning all those components I'd just guess at the correct order, but:

1:  OS3.9 + BB1-4
2:  Mediator setup
3:  Voodoo Picassa96 setup
4:  BPPCfix (whatever that is?)
5:  WarpOS

Somewhere in there you'll probably also want to throw in your network stack.  Probably at the end, after you get your Mediator and NIC recognized.  

[jimmyboy]

For some reason i remember a forum with the user "Joker" doing a good guide.

[agami]

I finished playing as my interests went elsewhere
And I can't remember when or where or how
And I backed up every file you and I have ever made

But when I plug this like this
And when I install this like that
It was lost long ago but it's all coming back to me

...

:biglaugh:

[Rotzloeffel]

BlizzardPPCfix is not needed anymore with actual WarpOS! It is included there with the checkmark "earlyTerm" and set to Terminator2

Also install ppcemulibs which can be found on aminet! This allows you to use 99% of PowerUP software inside WarpOS

@Oldscool_Mike
BlizzardPPCFix kicks Phase5 ppc.libary (which is in the ROM) out of the system and allows usage of WarpOS ppc.library:)

[jimmyboy]

BlizzardPPCfix is not needed anymore with actual WarpOS! It is included there with the checkmark "earlyTerm" and set to Terminator2

Also install ppcemulibs which can be found on aminet! This allows you to use 99% of PowerUP software inside WarpOS

@Oldscool_Mike
BlizzardPPCFix kicks Phase5 ppc.libary (which is in the ROM) out of the system and allows usage of WarpOS ppc.library:)

Are you sure? Not 1 guide says that. even guides from the last few years.

Ive got as far as installing boingbag update 2 but now it dont boot. Next step was to install bppcfix. Need to go back a step now.

[jimmyboy]

UPDATE:

I tried different Teminator settings in warpos prefs.............no joy

OS3.9 clean install from making a boot disk -- works
Installed fastata -- works
Installed boingbag 1 -- works
Installed boingbag 2 intermediate including rom update -- failed
Installed boingbag 2 easy auto install -- errors but booted
Installed boingbag 3+4 -- errors and freezes on desktop before background pic loads
Installed bppcfix boots with random errors with the odd crash

looked in the startup file after updates and im not sure if its right.
When installing warpos from os3.9 cd which one am i supposed to install ?

Any help appreciated.

[Shamron]

I've also had this problem several times. I think i removed div stuff from the setpatch and / or skipromupdate lines, then readded one and one until i found which one screwed me over.

I think it might help to make sure you get the updated and correct version of scsi.device and make sure you got the correct 040 / 060 libs.

I have both a 1200 and a 4000 with 060/mediator/radeon 9200/rtl8139/sb128/spider and i got it all working somehow, but i fear pulling it out now as i know it need a reinstall and i need to re-learn everything.

I also used remul to softkick and update my libs and devs, but yeah... 2 years ago.

I would love a guide, at least for the first part, concerning installing os and mediator with cards. Perhaps i'll do it someday myself. :-P

[jimmyboy]

Nice to hear I'm not the only one with senility.
Should I install the rom update in boing bag 2? Anyone?

[jimmyboy]

Found this which helps a bit

http://wordpress.hertell.nu/?p=18

Is this guide correct? Or have things changed?

[rvo_nl]

that is quite a good guide.

I wrote a set up guide for myself some years ago, that roughly contains these steps:

1. os3.9 + bb's (consider dual boot for os4.x while at it)
2. cybergraphx (I think 4.3 rc5 is latest, not sure)
3. set up graphics card and its resolutions
4. warpup (5.1, IIRC)
5. bppcfix or blizkick (you need a reboot anyway for OS3.9, so you might aswell use blizkick)
6. ppclibemu
7. warp3d (4.2 IIRC)
8. cybergl, stormmesa
9. set up right env vars and options for warpos, monitor driver and cgx
10. ordinary workbench enhancing stuff like MUI, diropus, reqtools, un/archivers, browsers, rtgmaster, xpkmaster, ixemul, kingcon, scout, swazinfo, visualprefs, ghosty, mcp etc.

hope this helps.

[jimmyboy]

Im not having much luck setting this all up and i dont have the time to do it so im gonna sell everything amiga i have in 1 joblot.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Im not having much luck setting this all up and i dont have the time to do it so im gonna sell everything amiga i have in 1 joblot.

As I'm sure someone else will say, you'd get better $ for it if you split it up.  Although I don't know why you're completely giving up on the project.  Break it down into smaller pieces and take it one step at a time.  Alternatively, an A1200 by itself is perfectly enjoyable, do you really need the PPC card, Mediator, Voodoo, and all the extra stuff that make it such a complicated project?  

[utri007]

Install BB1 with rom update, skip rom update BB2.
Do not install BB3/4 this time, I have had just problems with them. It is very annoying tryin to figure out multiple problems, for non booting machine. I you wan't them, install them manually.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Install BB1 with rom update, skip rom update BB2.
Do not install BB3/4 this time, I have had just problems with them.

Ugh, I really dislike this kind of comment.  Just because *you* had problems, doesn't mean there's not thousands of people out there who've been able to install them successfully.  BB2 in particular contains many important fixes to the OS that someone who wants to run a modern (-ish) AmigaOS will need.  With that kind of attitude, might as well just say to he*&% with 3.9 altogether, and stick with 1.3.  :angryfire:

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now.  Cheers!  

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