Amiga questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask

[Cobe]

@Bead
in short, games aren't stored in ram, only lets say reference to them... and opening a cli consumes memory

[lurch]

Originally Posted by jolly11

what's the best solution to replace a failing a500's keyboard?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-500-pl...item1c48154604

Or use an A500 PS2 adapter -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131221775920...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

And mount a new keyboard in the A500 ;-)

Or trying fixing it yourself, this is a good read:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=13934

Or using a conductive pen.....

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36390

[amiga_Forever]

"Do you have a crack for that?"

[s2325]

What is this thing in Strider 2 we can see after hero death?

[jolly11]

amiga 4000 was originally called amiga 800, is it true?

[B14ck W01f]

Why is EAB packed with Amiga fanboys?

[Michael Sykes]

Originally Posted by B14ck W01f

Why is EAB packed with Amiga fanboys?

Because the Amiga the best computer in the world.

[zipper]

They are just curious camouflaged Atarians

[alewis]

Where do babies come from?

[ancalimon]

Originally Posted by alewis

Where do babies come from?

CD32 ?

[dJOS]

Wow, no wonder C= crashed and burned with retarded marketing like that!

[Leandro Jardim]

That advert make us cry like a baby...

@Marcuz
I'm not sure your question was really answered About why the A500 PSU is alot heavier than an A1200....(Although I dont believe you have an original A500 PSU)

I know exactly the MAIN reason besides the Transformer being heavy.....If you purposely drop your A500 PSU that you have and crack it and then open it up... you will notice it is filled completely with some Plastic-eee / clay type substance..... I think they did this to either make it unrepairable....or perhaps Waterproof.

if you open your A1200 power supply you will notice no such thing and that you can access the chips and maybe repair it.

The A500 one ....if similar to the CD32 one and Commodore 64 one, was filled with plastic goop....but I think you actually DONT have an original A500 PSU, because the A500 PSU's were unscrewable and big but light..though maybe a tiny bit heavier than an A1200 PSU...but also more powerful.
You probably have a Modified C=64 PSU or a Modified CD32 PSU for you A500?

[hipoonios]

1. How to put stuff on the bootblock?

2. How to make a NDOS disk?

[Mrs Beanbag]

Originally Posted by hipoonios

1. How to put stuff on the bootblock?

2. How to make a NDOS disk?

use trackdisk.device to access disk blocks directly!

[B14ck W01f]

Originally Posted by Michael Sykes

Because the Amiga the best computer in the world.

But what about the Apple Macintosh? It was released the same time as the Amiga but it had much superior graphics and sound.

[Michael Sykes]

Originally Posted by B14ck W01f

But what about the Apple Macintosh? It was released the same time as the Amiga but it had much superior graphics and sound.

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by B14ck W01f

But what about the Apple Macintosh? It was released the same time as the Amiga but it had much superior graphics and sound.

Surely this post wins troll of the week?

[Michael Sykes]

Originally Posted by dJOS

Surely this post wins troll of the week?

Only of the week?

Nooo... it wasn't even off topic.
It was at least a question someone should be embarrassed to ask.

Originally Posted by B14ck W01f

But what about the Apple Macintosh? It was released the same time as the Amiga but it had much superior graphics and sound.

Really? That's comparing apples and oranges (or Apples and Amigas, as the case may be). They are similar but quite different platforms with different features. Amiga was initially designed as a gaming platform before being turned into a home computer. The Mac was never designed to be a gaming system. Those differences drastically effected the design and operation of the hardware.

As to which would be the better platform, only the end-user and their intentions could really say which system is better suited for the task. I think it's obvious that the Amiga would win if any sort of gaming was desired, though.