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Forum: request.Old Rare Games 22 May 2006, 22:26
Replies: 16
Tfx
Views: 2,858
Posted By D-Dan
Or go here...

Or go here http://www.abandonia.com/games/en/752/TacticalFightereXperiment(akaTFX).htm
and get it for free.
Forum: support.Hardware 18 May 2006, 20:33
Replies: 7
Views: 2,374
Posted By D-Dan
Don't bother with the Installer disks for the...

Don't bother with the Installer disks for the Apollo 1260. Get the MuLibs archive from Aminet. It's more stable and faster than the original libraries, and offers improved features.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 07 May 2006, 02:24
Replies: 300
Views: 39,350
Posted By D-Dan
When I first connected to the net - circa 1989 -...

When I first connected to the net - circa 1989 - I needed a nick. I also had a mug for my tea with Desperate Dan (from the "Dandy" comic). I looked around the room and my eyes fell on the mug - the...
Forum: support.Hardware 25 March 2006, 18:23
Replies: 21
Views: 2,677
Posted By D-Dan
Oh for crying out loud - I'm not going to argue....

Oh for crying out loud - I'm not going to argue. If you are so pig headed as to think that simply because you haven't heard of something then it can't exist, then so be it.

I bow to your superior...
Forum: support.Hardware 25 March 2006, 17:27
Replies: 21
Views: 2,677
Posted By D-Dan
You fail to note that we are talking about a...

You fail to note that we are talking about a floppy based system. In otherwords - until the system is booted, there is no possible way that a virus can exist on it (unless it is built in to the ROM)....
Forum: support.Hardware 25 March 2006, 15:20
Replies: 21
Views: 2,677
Posted By D-Dan
As an Amiga user for >20 years (in fact - about...

As an Amiga user for >20 years (in fact - about as long as you've been alive), a developer for Amiga, and a former power user, I think you've got a bloody cheek suggesting that it is "fantastically...
Forum: support.Hardware 25 March 2006, 12:39
Replies: 21
Views: 2,677
Posted By D-Dan
The standard A1200 floppy always had troubles...

The standard A1200 floppy always had troubles formatting HDD disks. Use DD instead.

Re the write protect problem. Since you have no HD you must be booting from floppy. Make sure that your boot...
Forum: support.Hardware 28 February 2006, 20:40
Replies: 3
Views: 2,979
Posted By D-Dan
Read http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=13836...

Read http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=13836 (read the whole thread - there were a couple of changes to the procedure as you went on)

:)
Forum: support.Hardware 18 February 2006, 10:57
Replies: 10
Views: 5,519
Posted By D-Dan
Sadly, my real Amiga was consined to the spare...

Sadly, my real Amiga was consined to the spare parts and flogged on Ebay pile long ago, including the Apollo 1260, which I loved dearly. I have to say despite the negative posts I never had an oundce...
Forum: Amiga scene 15 November 2005, 22:17
Replies: 9
Views: 1,630
Posted By D-Dan
@Severin Look, it's been a while since I had a...

@Severin
Look, it's been a while since I had a daft idea, and I coded the last one in AmiBlitz if you remember. And yes, something spiked for free would be nice ;)

@Everyone else
OK - that's me...
Forum: Amiga scene 13 November 2005, 15:04
Replies: 9
Views: 1,630
Posted By D-Dan
Would this be possible?

Sitting around doing nothing on a Sunday morning, I had an odd thought.

Given the number of emulators available, that are taking binaries intended for one machine, and converting them on the fly...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 12 September 2005, 19:44
Replies: 41
Views: 6,926
Posted By D-Dan
IIRC one of the first games was called "Virus" -...

IIRC one of the first games was called "Virus" - so maybe that's it.

Or even worse, maybe my poor old memory is going back even further and that was one of the first Spectrum games :/
Forum: support.Hardware 07 August 2005, 12:50
Replies: 10
Views: 1,843
Posted By D-Dan
My pleasure :great

My pleasure :great
Forum: support.Hardware 07 August 2005, 11:04
Replies: 10
Views: 1,843
Posted By D-Dan
It's an Electronic Design Video Konvertor. Go to...

It's an Electronic Design Video Konvertor. Go to http://www.amiga-hardware.com/ and choose Graphics Cards - Non RTG on the left. You'll find it in the list. Click on the link in the list for a little...
Forum: support.Apps 30 July 2005, 13:08
Replies: 2
Views: 1,477
Posted By D-Dan
I know it's laborious, but your first course of...

I know it's laborious, but your first course of action should be to disable all the patches at startup, and then re-introduce them one at a time until you find thye culprit.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 July 2005, 20:53
Replies: 13
Views: 2,573
Posted By D-Dan
I always kinda liked this one from AF, but then,...

I always kinda liked this one from AF, but then, it's one of mine ;)
Forum: support.Hardware 31 May 2005, 20:02
Replies: 3
Views: 1,266
Posted By D-Dan
I had a Z4 on an A1200 with Apollo 1260 plugged...

I had a Z4 on an A1200 with Apollo 1260 plugged into the pass through, a CV64/3D, Repulse soundcard, Micronik(?) I/O card (2 serial, 2 parallel ports), Buddha IDE, MAS player on onboard serial port...
Forum: support.Apps 18 May 2005, 21:32
Replies: 10
Views: 12,161
Posted By D-Dan
@ Jope - Quite right - I stand corrected :) ...

@ Jope - Quite right - I stand corrected :)

@mtb - Why is that safer? - copying from one HD to another on Amiga is non-destructive.
Forum: support.Apps 05 May 2005, 22:37
Replies: 10
Views: 12,161
Posted By D-Dan
Ermm - plug both HDs in to an Amiga Partition...

Ermm - plug both HDs in to an Amiga
Partition 2nd HD with HD toolbox, same sizes an bootable status as the orig. Format each
Open a shell and for each partition type copy DH0:#? NDH0:
where DH0:...
Forum: support.Hardware 21 March 2005, 09:49
Replies: 4
Views: 1,760
Posted By D-Dan
The plugs must be connected correctly at both...

The plugs must be connected correctly at both ends. Pin 1 should be labelled in the interface and the drive. Pin 1 on the cable should have a red stripe on it. Make sure you match pin 1 to pin 1.
Forum: support.Hardware 20 March 2005, 23:34
Replies: 26
Views: 3,263
Posted By D-Dan
OK - Boot with the floppy again, open a shell and...

OK - Boot with the floppy again, open a shell and type:-

ed dh0:s/startup-sequence (or hd0: if that's what your HD is)

Right at the very top (above the "Setpatch" line) type:-

set echo on
...
Forum: support.WinUAE 09 November 2004, 19:58
Replies: 8
Views: 2,412
Posted By D-Dan
Nope - it seems SFSSalv (latest version) will...

Nope - it seems SFSSalv (latest version) will recover files - if I select them individually, and only a few at a time - which would take an age. I really need to get it to recurse through the entire...
Forum: support.WinUAE 05 November 2004, 10:11
Replies: 8
Views: 2,412
Posted By D-Dan
I've almost given up (although I still won't use...

I've almost given up (although I still won't use the partition that the hardfile was on, in case someone suggests something I haven't found).

The worst thing is, I can recover files in isolation,...
Forum: support.WinUAE 29 September 2004, 21:41
Replies: 8
Views: 2,412
Posted By D-Dan
Post SFS Hardfile recovery problem

OK - after winblows went tits up I lost my HDs, so after re-installing windows and a few well used utils, I turned to my 2nd HD (the one with my Amiga stuff on it) and used a recovery tool to rescue...
Forum: Amiga scene 11 September 2004, 12:17
Replies: 29
Views: 3,692
Posted By D-Dan
I have the CD version, and CU offered the floppy...

I have the CD version, and CU offered the floppy version for £4.00 (seven disks) which I got, but the disks got corrupted.

However, it works well with WinUAE, but I can't remember all the keyboard...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 09 September 2004, 21:23
Replies: 5
Views: 2,848
Posted By D-Dan
You may also want to download MuLib which, as...

You may also want to download MuLib which, as well as giving support for the MMU, includes a variety of tools for optimising an '060 system (including an alternative to Oxy/Cyberpatcher).

In the...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 07 September 2004, 21:15
Replies: 2
Views: 1,652
Posted By D-Dan
Read this thread:-...

Read this thread:- http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=13836 but be sure to read it all. My original posted required using AROS which you don't need to do. You can only get full details by reading...
Forum: support.Hardware 03 September 2004, 20:42
Replies: 5
Views: 1,682
Posted By D-Dan
Boot with the broken drive as slave, open...

Boot with the broken drive as slave, open HDToolBox and go to the first partition on that drive. Make sure that the "Bootable" flag is selected. If it is, I'd suggest backing everything up from the...
Forum: support.WinUAE 25 August 2004, 14:59
Replies: 22
Views: 5,123
Posted By D-Dan
IIRC HDInstTools (aminet) will deal with larger...

IIRC HDInstTools (aminet) will deal with larger HDs - so maybe try that with WinUAE rather than Wb 3.1 HDToolBox.
Forum: support.WinUAE 23 August 2004, 16:45
Replies: 22
Views: 5,123
Posted By D-Dan
Read this thread...

Read this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=13836&highlight=d-dan which gives details of how to do the entire prep with WinUAE (read through the whole thread - there are some amendments to...
Forum: support.WinUAE 11 August 2004, 01:46
Replies: 11
Views: 2,738
Posted By D-Dan
Get something like Floppy Image (...

Get something like Floppy Image ( http://www.rundegren.com/software/floppyimage/ ) and write the data for that from the Amiga output.

Job done :o)
Forum: support.WinUAE 08 August 2004, 16:50
Replies: 10
Views: 2,219
Posted By D-Dan
an hdf isn't a partition - it's a drive as far as...

an hdf isn't a partition - it's a drive as far as the Amiga is concerned. I have a single 7.5 Gig hdf partitioned into 5 partitions on the Amiga side (with SFS - not FFS).

As for why only 163Mb is...
Forum: support.Apps 07 August 2004, 14:07
Replies: 1
Views: 1,536
Posted By D-Dan
If you have it formatted with FFS, and if you can...

If you have it formatted with FFS, and if you can get hold of Quarterback Tools, try that. There is a function that will examine your HD and automatically mark bad blocks out of service.
Forum: support.WinUAE 06 August 2004, 19:49
Replies: 11
Views: 2,738
Posted By D-Dan
On the amiga, open a shell and type:- ...

On the amiga, open a shell and type:-

Assign PC0: Dismount
Assign PC0: WinDir: (or whatever the "shared" windows/amiga directory is called)

Job done :)

To make it more permanent, go to...
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 06 August 2004, 13:32
Replies: 14
Views: 3,706
Posted By D-Dan
Windows can sometimes lose the protection bits on...

Windows can sometimes lose the protection bits on Amiga files, and it may be that the "Executable" bit has been lost.

Open a shell (on the amiga), cd to wherever lha.run is and type "protect...
Forum: support.WinUAE 03 August 2004, 15:12
Replies: 21
Views: 8,364
Posted By D-Dan
Sorry - didn't see your post 'til this morning,...

Sorry - didn't see your post 'til this morning, so maybe a moot point now, but I just set the hardfile as normal, fired up HDToolBox in UAE (OS3.9 version), installed SFS to the RDB, and formatted.
...
Forum: support.WinUAE 03 August 2004, 15:08
Replies: 11
Views: 2,738
Posted By D-Dan
If you have WinUAE running on the same PC that...

If you have WinUAE running on the same PC that you need to access the data from, instead of writing to a floppy, setup a PC directory as a hardfile and write the data to that. The PC side will be...
Forum: support.WinUAE 30 July 2004, 01:52
Replies: 21
Views: 8,364
Posted By D-Dan
I've been running my Amiga system on WinUAE for...

I've been running my Amiga system on WinUAE for the past 3 - 4 versions, formatted with SFS and no problems. believe me, if 0.9.90 has any problems with SFS I'll let you know - loudly;)
Forum: support.Apps 21 July 2004, 18:32
Replies: 6
Views: 2,019
Posted By D-Dan
Protect +e

Protect +e
Forum: support.Apps 21 July 2004, 01:43
Replies: 5
Views: 2,003
Posted By D-Dan
Can be done with Dopus Magellan, too - just...

Can be done with Dopus Magellan, too - just change the def_xxx icon (I forget it's exact name)
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