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Forum: Amiga scene 31 March 2024, 18:34
Replies: 54
Views: 8,660
Posted By OldAmigan
I've built my A1222+ into a Checkmate case that I...

I've built my A1222+ into a Checkmate case that I bought years ago, for this very purpose. I've been taking pics throughout the build and I aim to write a report on it (and the case). I'm also going...
Forum: Amiga scene 01 December 2023, 19:27
Replies: 4
Views: 504
Posted By OldAmigan
English language? Then quite probably. I haven't...

English language? Then quite probably. I haven't (yet) seen APoV in any form, so I'll go looking. Found them and downloaded! So is it the intention to carry on with the biennial issues?
Forum: News 03 November 2023, 20:17
Replies: 200
Views: 74,389
Posted By OldAmigan
@AMIGASYSTEM Thanks for coming back to me so...

@AMIGASYSTEM

Thanks for coming back to me so quickly.

I have an A500 with PiStorm but I'm just about to replace the CPU socket, so I'll come back to you on this once the job is done.

Great...
Forum: News 03 November 2023, 17:29
Replies: 200
Views: 74,389
Posted By OldAmigan
@Amigasystem Love your work. I'm running the...

@Amigasystem

Love your work. I'm running the x86 version on an old laptop.

I see you advocate running the m68k version on WinUAE and I see the requirements are for 1Gb RAM, 060, etc. Is the RAM...
Forum: Amiga scene 15 March 2023, 10:56
Replies: 19
Views: 3,209
Posted By OldAmigan
Glad I read this thread - it just reminded me to...

Glad I read this thread - it just reminded me to buy my tickets for Kickstart!:D
Forum: Amiga scene 08 March 2023, 16:08
Replies: 391
Views: 60,693
Posted By OldAmigan
Does it come back up if you unmount and then...

Does it come back up if you unmount and then remount it, or need a warm reboot?
Forum: support.Hardware 22 February 2023, 20:47
Replies: 17
Views: 2,119
Posted By OldAmigan
Have a check on aminet for progs and toolkits...

Have a check on aminet for progs and toolkits which may help.


Also, at least AmigaStore.eu and Alinea sell serial to midi interface cables
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 February 2023, 12:32
Replies: 50
Views: 5,327
Posted By OldAmigan
I guess my hobby is a bit of a cross between...

I guess my hobby is a bit of a cross between collecting and hoarding.

I've recently been setting out the spare bedroom to display Amigas, Macs, Pcs and some older consoles.
Forum: support.Other 03 February 2023, 12:11
Replies: 62
Views: 5,357
Posted By OldAmigan
@Giantclam I have a variety of older...

@Giantclam


I have a variety of older hardware but in the main I was thinking of a 1.46GHz Advent laptop with a Celeron M processor and 2Gb RAM and/or an old Dell Inspiron Mini10 with an Intel...
Forum: News 29 January 2023, 13:59
Replies: 39
Views: 15,730
Posted By OldAmigan
@vk3heg Great job! Any likelihood of an...

@vk3heg

Great job!

Any likelihood of an x86 version of AmiDeb, as you have with Amilator?

Fred
Forum: News 22 December 2022, 02:49
Replies: 358
Views: 93,462
Posted By OldAmigan
Smile Got mine in the post today.

Got mine in the post today.
Forum: Amiga scene 16 September 2022, 17:07
Replies: 4
Views: 1,609
Posted By OldAmigan
@Gorf Yes, I'd read a report about this...

@Gorf


Yes, I'd read a report about this in OS News. A really interesting project.


My thoughts were a port as a backend for an existing browser, too.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 10 May 2022, 14:45
Replies: 21
Views: 3,654
Posted By OldAmigan
I have this CD too Are we allowed to just...

I have this CD too

Are we allowed to just upload things like this?
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 24 December 2021, 16:51
Replies: 69
Views: 12,275
Posted By OldAmigan
1. What systems/OS's did you start with? Pong...

1. What systems/OS's did you start with?
Pong machine, which got an occasional outing. I would have been about 25 years old at the time. Then a friend loaned me a Commodore PET, which my wife...
Forum: support.Hardware 04 November 2021, 20:15
Replies: 5
Views: 1,151
Posted By OldAmigan
Hi Misko78, Did you get any resolution of...

Hi Misko78,

Did you get any resolution of this problem?

Were those voltages you gave with the PSU connected and the Amiga powered on?

Did you get the same dropped voltage at the PSU at this...
Forum: Amiga scene 20 October 2021, 11:40
Replies: 41
Views: 6,611
Posted By OldAmigan
@amifan Please do go for it. I'm UK...

@amifan

Please do go for it.

I'm UK based and subscribe to both Amiga Future and AmigaAddict but I certainly concur that they are more game focussed and it would be quite interesting to read...
Forum: News 25 September 2021, 15:46
Replies: 137
Views: 43,004
Posted By OldAmigan
@Gaula92 It's a C++ environment, not C, but...

@Gaula92

It's a C++ environment, not C, but which also provides some add-on C Libraries, according to it's Overview
Forum: support.Other 19 August 2021, 14:40
Replies: 1,070
Views: 364,388
Posted By OldAmigan
I guess this has probably been asked - and I have...

I guess this has probably been asked - and I have looked - does AKReal work with OS3.1.4 or 3.2?
Forum: News 16 August 2021, 19:22
Replies: 358
Views: 93,462
Posted By OldAmigan
@PixelsAtDawn Good to hear. Got my Issue 7...

@PixelsAtDawn

Good to hear. Got my Issue 7 yesterday and I'm rationing myself. If anything, even better than Issue 6!
Keep up the good work
Forum: support.Hardware 04 August 2021, 10:52
Replies: 10
Views: 1,864
Posted By OldAmigan
@BanisterDK The Amiga 1200 won't accept two...

@BanisterDK

The Amiga 1200 won't accept two floppy drives, or floppy and Gotek, as it doesn't have the run signal for DF1 routed internally. Instead, it's routed to the external floppy drive...
Forum: Amiga scene 25 July 2021, 00:51
Replies: 15
Views: 3,724
Posted By OldAmigan
Shout-out for RetroPassion

I ordered a 3.2 ROM chip for my A500 from RetroPassion, which I got yesterday and have installed.


A couple of weeks ago I got OS3.2 plus the ROM chips for my A1200. One of them was longer than...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 19 July 2021, 22:33
Replies: 6,896
Views: 1,834,983
Posted By OldAmigan
A500 os3.2 rom

A500 os3.2 rom
Forum: support.Hardware 12 July 2021, 23:12
Replies: 16
Views: 2,361
Posted By OldAmigan
I have a Keyrah, which lets me connect an A1200...

I have a Keyrah, which lets me connect an A1200 (or A600) keyboard and turns it into a USB keyboard. My towered A1200 has a USB keyboard adaptor - so I'm hoping to use the now empty case, do what Rob...
Forum: support.Hardware 11 July 2021, 17:28
Replies: 76
Views: 23,156
Posted By OldAmigan
Hi thread (and especially Lukzer, if you notice...

Hi thread (and especially Lukzer, if you notice this).



I've just bought the 40MHz version but I have problems with my A500 to sort before I can use it.


Are the ROM's on the card...
Forum: support.Hardware 12 June 2021, 20:51
Replies: 12
Views: 1,396
Posted By OldAmigan
If you hold both mouse buttns down on boot to go...

If you hold both mouse buttns down on boot to go into early boot menu, you can choose which device to boot from
Forum: support.Hardware 12 June 2021, 20:49
Replies: 12
Views: 1,396
Posted By OldAmigan
Surely, if you have an HD with an OS on it, you...

Surely, if you have an HD with an OS on it, you would expect to boot into that first, rather than a floppy (or .adf from a Gotek)?
To expect different, wouldn't your Startup-Sequence have to expect...
Forum: support.Hardware 30 May 2021, 18:12
Replies: 6
Views: 907
Posted By OldAmigan
Solved! Thanks to your suggestions folks, I've...

Solved! Thanks to your suggestions folks, I've got it.

Simple enough, really (that would be me then)! A check on the icon showed that it was set to use Unit 2.

A quick change and save to Unit...
Forum: News 28 May 2021, 20:21
Replies: 295
Views: 90,092
Posted By OldAmigan
Thanks, got it

Thanks, got it
Forum: support.Hardware 27 May 2021, 12:52
Replies: 6
Views: 907
Posted By OldAmigan
Thanks for all the info, folks. When I...

Thanks for all the info, folks.


When I can get back on my Amiga (when she-who-must-be-obeyed doesn't have any jobs for me), I'll see if I can get it going
Forum: support.Other 26 May 2021, 20:52
Replies: 3
Views: 1,997
Posted By OldAmigan
Interesting. I also bought an SD card. Mine...

Interesting.

I also bought an SD card. Mine had WB3.1 preloaded and HDD2 (Work) had a copy of the 3.1 .adf's and Dopus.

I had my own copy of IDEFix97 and I had problems after loading it.
...
Forum: News 26 May 2021, 16:20
Replies: 295
Views: 90,092
Posted By OldAmigan
I saw that mentioned somewhere. Is it a...

I saw that mentioned somewhere.

Is it a command line Windows prog?
Forum: support.Hardware 26 May 2021, 15:03
Replies: 6
Views: 907
Posted By OldAmigan
Help required! Using a CD/DVD drive under OS3.1.4.1

Its a long time since I had my A1200 up and running properly.

I've got it in a tower and have a choice of IDE to SD adapter with 40 pin IDE or a 4-way buffered IDE setup with IDEFix97 and a CF...
Forum: support.Hardware 26 May 2021, 14:51
Replies: 10
Views: 1,683
Posted By OldAmigan
You could perhaps try to format the CF card in...

You could perhaps try to format the CF card in Workbench, then try partitioning with HDToolbox.

Make sure it's set to type 0, not 6
Forum: News 26 May 2021, 14:42
Replies: 295
Views: 90,092
Posted By OldAmigan
Making .adf's from files

I'm being somewhat thick, I know, but can GoADF! be used to write and save to an .adf in the same way as you can just dump files onto a floppy disc?

I may just be missing something here but it's...
Forum: News 17 May 2021, 22:07
Replies: 1,647
Views: 449,944
Posted By OldAmigan
Ordered from RetroPassion too. Looking forward to...

Ordered from RetroPassion too. Looking forward to getting it loaded up.
Forum: News 04 April 2021, 01:05
Replies: 358
Views: 93,462
Posted By OldAmigan
Just gotta say guys - great magazine. I read it...

Just gotta say guys - great magazine. I read it from cover to cover and always enjoy what I read. It's so nice to have a British print Amiga mag in my hands to read.

Fred
Forum: Amiga scene 24 November 2020, 19:39
Replies: 71
Views: 13,638
Posted By OldAmigan
Just watched the video. Very enjoyable. ...

Just watched the video. Very enjoyable.

I'll be keeping an eye out for the next one.

Well done


Fred
Forum: News 20 October 2020, 14:20
Replies: 9
Views: 3,316
Posted By OldAmigan
Looks like it will become a very useful tool

Looks like it will become a very useful tool
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 21 August 2020, 16:24
Replies: 181
Views: 30,062
Posted By OldAmigan
Bought my son an Amiga 600 for Christmas one year...

Bought my son an Amiga 600 for Christmas one year and we both enjoyed using it.

He eventually decided to go PC - I still have his old A600 - plus another A600, an A500, 2 x A1200 and an Amiga One...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 21 August 2020, 16:16
Replies: 50
Views: 8,822
Posted By OldAmigan
Choice is what the Amiga was always about

As our OS is all about choice, I would say that equipment colour is also about the individual's choice.


I'm just about to rebuild one of my freshly re-capped A1200's into a tower case - which...
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