Hello from Scotland

17 March 2018, 12:47

Hi all,

I'm Gerald and I look after the Repton Resource Page (which has never appeared on the Amiga, disappointingly).

My interest is mainly with the Acorn machines (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Acorn Archimedes, RiscPC, etc.) but have got interested in the Amiga, or rather the emulators, through a bit of an odd passage:

On my Repton Resource Page, I decided to add in maps and walkthroughs for the very similar Bonecruncher game, also available on the BBC. I then found out it was available on the Commodore 64 (which Repton 3 is also available for), and the Amiga (I since found out that it was the C64 where it originated from). I therefore downloaded FS-UAE for my Mac to play said game.

It was then I noticed that the file extension used for the Amiga Image files was the same as the Acorn ADFS image files. This became particularly important when writing my Repton Map Display application, and the supporting Disc Image Reader application, to distinguish between ADFS *.adf and Amiga *.adf (and, as it turned out, ADFS *.hdf and Amiga *.hdf).

So, despite being an Amiga newbie, I did actually own two of them, in the past (an A600 and an A500, IIRC)...but never used them because I could never work out how to!!!

Aside from Repton Resource Page, I also have my own page at www.geraldholdsworth.co.uk, where I share PHP/Javascript/CSS/Delphi/BBC BASIC code, some documents I've written/am writing and some Windows applications I'm writing.

Look forward to speaking with you during my time here...and hopefully I don't embarrass myself with my lack of Amiga (or Commodore) knowledge.

Thank you,

Gerald.

chip · 17 March 2018, 12:51

Welcome to the forum gerald

Here you will surely increase your Amiga knowledge

indigolemon · 17 March 2018, 18:57

Welcome aboard Gerald!

Tain - you'll not be making it to many meets then

Lovely part of the world to be though.

Cheers,

Graham

plasmab · 17 March 2018, 20:58

Tain is closer to where i'm from. Live in Glasgow thesedays.

Welcome to the forum.

MigaTech · 17 March 2018, 21:40

Welcome to EAB Gerald, you should enjoy this site, great for most things Amiga related. Incidentally, Scotland is a beautiful country.

18 March 2018, 20:51

Thank you everyone. It is nice to be here and to get involved.

I'm not from Scotland, originally. I moved here from London about 9 years ago. Much quieter for me.

Overlord · 18 March 2018, 22:45

I'm a noob from Scotland as well. Also loved ACORN computers. I never found out till recently that ARM are the most popular chips on Earth in the smart phone era.

17 March 2018, 12:47	#1
gerald Posts: n/a	Hello from Scotland Hi all, I'm Gerald and I look after the Repton Resource Page (which has never appeared on the Amiga, disappointingly). My interest is mainly with the Acorn machines (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Acorn Archimedes, RiscPC, etc.) but have got interested in the Amiga, or rather the emulators, through a bit of an odd passage: On my Repton Resource Page, I decided to add in maps and walkthroughs for the very similar Bonecruncher game, also available on the BBC. I then found out it was available on the Commodore 64 (which Repton 3 is also available for), and the Amiga (I since found out that it was the C64 where it originated from). I therefore downloaded FS-UAE for my Mac to play said game. It was then I noticed that the file extension used for the Amiga Image files was the same as the Acorn ADFS image files. This became particularly important when writing my Repton Map Display application, and the supporting Disc Image Reader application, to distinguish between ADFS .adf and Amiga .adf (and, as it turned out, ADFS .hdf and Amiga .hdf). So, despite being an Amiga newbie, I did actually own two of them, in the past (an A600 and an A500, IIRC)...but never used them because I could never work out how to!!! Aside from Repton Resource Page, I also have my own page at www.geraldholdsworth.co.uk, where I share PHP/Javascript/CSS/Delphi/BBC BASIC code, some documents I've written/am writing and some Windows applications I'm writing. Look forward to speaking with you during my time here...and hopefully I don't embarrass myself with my lack of Amiga (or Commodore) knowledge. Thank you, Gerald.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Game Masters, 100 playable games opens at the National Museum of Scotland	Rob 1	News	11	01 March 2015 11:31
Scotland / Far Northern England Meetup?	Daedalus	Amiga scene	8	18 December 2014 15:10
Hello from Glasgow, Scotland!	grs	Member Introductions	9	27 October 2012 13:26
Hi from Scotland	MadAngus	Member Introductions	2	09 November 2011 13:46

17 March 2018, 12:51	#2
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Welcome to the forum gerald Here you will surely increase your Amiga knowledge

17 March 2018, 18:57	#3
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Welcome aboard Gerald! Tain - you'll not be making it to many meets then Lovely part of the world to be though. Cheers, Graham

17 March 2018, 20:58	#4
plasmab Banned Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: UK Posts: 2,917	Tain is closer to where i'm from. Live in Glasgow thesedays. Welcome to the forum.

17 March 2018, 21:40	#5
MigaTech Only Amiga !! Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 588	Welcome to EAB Gerald, you should enjoy this site, great for most things Amiga related. Incidentally, Scotland is a beautiful country.

18 March 2018, 20:51	#6
gerald Posts: n/a	Thank you everyone. It is nice to be here and to get involved. I'm not from Scotland, originally. I moved here from London about 9 years ago. Much quieter for me.

18 March 2018, 22:45	#7
Overlord Overlord Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Glasgow Posts: 45	I'm a noob from Scotland as well. Also loved ACORN computers. I never found out till recently that ARM are the most popular chips on Earth in the smart phone era.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)