|
15 April 2014, 10:41
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southport The Last Resort
Posts: 202
|
Do you run a Floppy only Amiga?
I've recently dug out my A500+ with 2 Cumana Floppy Drives daisy chained together. I have to say I really like this setup. I have KS 1.3 and KS 3.1 on board. Minimal computing at it's best.
Booting with a WB disk and having the other drives for ASM and other utils - and of course running games! Anyone else here doing similar? squidbass 
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 10:53
|
#2 |
|
Computer Nerd
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands
Age: 47
Posts: 3,751
|
Not me. My A1200 doesn't even have a disk drive anymore. Floppy disks are definitely something I don't miss at all.
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 11:11
|
#3 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southport The Last Resort
Posts: 202
|
But I'm guessing you have a floppy emulator? What happens if you lose your SYS:?
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 11:21
|
#4 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 1,341
|
There isn't any need for a floppy drive or emulator if you have another computer that you can set up a hard drive with. Just make a backup of the HD and if something goes wrong, make a fresh copy.
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 11:59
|
#5 |
|
Italian Amiga Zealot
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Italy
Age: 36
Posts: 1,910
|
I might soon - I left my "powerful" Amigas back at home in Italy, and I might just grab something cheap here in the UK (A500, prolly...) to satiate my Amiga craving
 I'll probably go with a Gotek along with it... Especially if I won't have blank floppies to use 
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 17:00
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: PL?
Posts: 2,741
|
With probably around 1000 or more floppies this is for me quite basic config - most of my Amiga's are not HDD.
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 17:10
|
#7 | ||
|
Computer Nerd
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands
Age: 47
Posts: 3,751
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 17:46
|
#8 |
|
Thalion Webshrine
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oxford
Posts: 14,335
|
I didn't use a floppy at all (or Amiga's with only a floppy drive) until the release of the Gotek Floppy Emulator.
I imagine that if you only have a 1Mbyte A500 it is the cheapest option. |
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 18:08
|
#9 | |
|
MI clan prevails
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 1,443
|
Quote:
Other Amigas are for more complex configs 
|
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 18:42
|
#10 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 2,595
|
My 500 still has its Floppy and access to an External
My 500+ now has a Gotek and access to an External My 600 and 1200 have SD-HD (+ backup cards + drives) But might buy/make a Terminator to speed up Booting I have another Gotek coming, I may stick that in the External unit |
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 19:23
|
#11 |
|
Glastonbridge Software
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Edinburgh/Scotland
Posts: 2,243
|
We have 2x A600s without HDDs, and a spare A1200. Might get some more of those SSDs for them one day, they are so neat.
|
|
|
|
15 April 2014, 20:25
|
#12 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Amigaville
Age: 46
Posts: 3,334
|
the Amiga wouldn't be the same (or an Amiga) without its floppy 'click' in the background... waiting for a disk... ever hungry for data... time for my medication..... nurse!
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Unable to run MFMWarp from floppy disk! | andreas | support.Apps | 8 | 22 March 2014 10:38 |
| i am look for a disk that make amiga 500 game run on a 600 amiga | mcbone | Amiga scene | 10 | 31 August 2013 21:00 |
| how to run winuae and run Tau Ceti Academy ??? | funkycatspangky | support.Games | 7 | 22 July 2007 18:51 |
| amiga not run | maria78x | support.Hardware | 6 | 22 February 2006 21:46 |
| How Do I Modify PC Floppy TO Become Amiga Floppy? | Unregistered | support.Hardware | 23 | 10 December 2002 23:21 |
|
|
