How to start up an Amiga after many many years in storage?

[BrooksterMax]

Originally Posted by demolition

Good thing is that some of the popular cracktros can still be run with WHDLoad as they have been released as separate slaves. Then you can also watch your favorite cracktros on high-end Amigas which may not have been able to run the original versions.

http://www.whdload.de/ctros/alla.html

Missed that, very cool will have to check that out.

[demolition]

Originally Posted by BrooksterMax

Missed that, very cool will have to check that out.

Yeah, the list is not that big but it does contain several of the ones that I remember from my youth. One of my favorites is the one from Pinball Fantasies (due to the music).

[fluff79]

Thanks BrooksterMax! I had to look up what a "cracktro" was, I'd never heard of it and thought you guys were pulling my leg, haha!

I'm just going through all the advice now. There are a few options I need to look in to. I'll post back shortly with an update and any further questions.

I'm trying to get my head around what a gotek floppy emulator does and how it works/connects to an amiga in practice.

I think the A1200 route will need a working floppy drive so I've got the option to do things with my floppy disks (if they're working) , a CF card for storage, and the floppy emulator to transfer files between amiga and PC via USB stick.

If I do need a floppy drive, will it need cleaning / servicing, surely after all this time it might damage any disks I put in?

[fluff79]

Thanks BrooksterMax. I had to look up what a "cracktro" is because I thought you were pulling my leg!

Been giving FS UAE a go! Steep learning curve!

[demolition]

Originally Posted by fluff79

If I do need a floppy drive, will it need cleaning / servicing, surely after all this time it might damage any disks I put in?

It's usually the other way round - dirty floppies will leave dirt on the heads of the floppy drive so it cannot read any disks any more (until you clean it).

[Paulee_Bow]

Originally Posted by fluff79

Thanks BrooksterMax. I had to look up what a "cracktro" is because I thought you were pulling my leg!

Been giving FS UAE a go! Steep learning curve!

I was really kinda lost for a few hours when I really got into the nitty gritty.
The good news is that AmigaOS has aged well and kinda makes sense.

Stuff like, if you drag something to the C: directory, you can execute it from command line without needing to type in C: you can just type the name of the program.

[Hewitson]

Drag? That sort of stuff should be done from the CLI. Quicker, easier, and much less chance of making an error.

[Paulee_Bow]

I dunno I’m quite good at dragging files around lol