Amiga questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask

[Jope]

Working on hazy memories here; the Paloma is an overlay card, so you would have to have a PicassoIV screen topmost for it to be able to draw onto the screen.

Most likely you also must use the P96 RTG software.

[dreadnought]

Here's a really silly one: where is the default WinUAE config located?

I looked at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amiga Files\WinUAE\Configurations\ but this one has just some of my configs.

There are also some in c:\Program Files\WinUAE\Configurations\Host\ but it seems they are for gfx only.

[jdb78]

I just installed WinUAE for the first time on my recent Windows 10 installation and the default path is indeed

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amiga Files\WinUAE\Configurations\

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

Here's a really silly one: where is the default WinUAE config located?

I looked at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amiga Files\WinUAE\Configurations\ but this one has just some of my configs.

There are also some in c:\Program Files\WinUAE\Configurations\Host\ but it seems they are for gfx only.

Originally Posted by jdb78

I just installed WinUAE for the first time on my recent Windows 10 installation and the default path is indeed

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amiga Files\WinUAE\Configurations\

That's normal. "Host" just contain some presets that Toni created.

Personally I never use the installers, no need.

Just use the .ZIP archives and extract where you want e.g. mine is in "C:\WinUAE".

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Personally I never use the installers, no need.

Just use the .ZIP archives and extract where you want e.g. mine is in "C:\WinUAE".

I don't even extract the ZIP archive, I just take out the winuae.exe and run that by itself, it doesn't even need any of the other stuff that comes in the ZIP archive, it's all optional.

Toni is a genius for making WinUAE so self-contained.

[jdb78]

Sorry for the OT but I agree, WinUAE is one of the best available programs I know.

[rabidgerry]

How do I associate an icon for .archive with LHA and ZIP files and the like? I have tried to do this but I just don't have the knowledge. This is in OS 3.1.4.

I originally didn't even have an icon for archive so borrowed one from my CWB3.1

[Jope]

You copy an icon of the type "project" next to your lha or zip file, with the extension.info.

So you have mypackage.lha and mypackage.lha.info.

If you would like imaginary ghost icons that automatically show up without an actual .info file on your hard disk, you need deficons. This does not come with 3.1.4, but the one that was included in 3.9 can be extracted and moved over. Apparently the version of deficons that ships with the newicons v4 package is not 3.1.4 compatible. This might be a bit daunting if you are a newcomer to AmigaOS.

[nivam]

Silly question:
Whats the point to create trashcan icon on a floppy disk?

[TroyWilkins]

Originally Posted by nivam

Silly question:
Whats the point to create trashcan icon on a floppy disk?

I'd say so that there is a potential "undo" for people who may use the floppy disk to store documents they may consider important. Mind you, it still means they need to not just simply delete the files on the floppy, but make use of the trashcan. In all honesty, I think it's an option because the Macintosh had that in 1984.

[nivam]

Originally Posted by TroyWilkins

I'd say so that there is a potential "undo" for people who may use the floppy disk to store documents they may consider important. Mind you, it still means they need to not just simply delete the files on the floppy, but make use of the trashcan. In all honesty, I think it's an option because the Macintosh had that in 1984.

So when you have a full Workbench install (say 3.1) deleting a file from floppy moves it to the floppy trashcan, not to the system trashcan.

[TroyWilkins]

Originally Posted by nivam

So when you have a full Workbench install (say 3.1) deleting a file from floppy moves it to the floppy trashcan, not to the system trashcan.

No, I meant if you were storing the files on that floppy.

The Trashcan is best thought of as a special folder/directory on whatever drive it's on, that can have it's contents restored by moving the files elsewhere, or the contents can be easily deleted, no matter how many files are in the transcan. There is a unique trashcan for each drive that has one, there isn't a global trashcan unless a 3rd party utility is used to add one.

[Jope]

Originally Posted by nivam

So when you have a full Workbench install (say 3.1) deleting a file from floppy moves it to the floppy trashcan, not to the system trashcan.

The Amiga's trashcan is always manual.. In 1.x the only way to get rid of files in WB was dragging them into the trashcan and then emptying the trash.

In 2.x we got the delete items menu option, which actually deletes the file right away.

You have to use the trashcan on that volume. Drag drop within the volume = move, drag drop from volume to volume = copy.

You can imagine, that everyone used the CLI/Shell or at least a mouse driven file manager. And basically you still have to choose either or both in order to be productive on the Amiga. :-)

[nivam]

Originally Posted by Jope

The Amiga's trashcan is always manual.. In 1.x the only way to get rid of files in WB was dragging them into the trashcan and then emptying the trash.

In 2.x we got the delete items menu option, which actually deletes the file right away.

You have to use the trashcan on that volume. Drag drop within the volume = move, drag drop from volume to volume = copy.

You can imagine, that everyone used the CLI/Shell or at least a mouse driven file manager. And basically you still have to choose either or both in order to be productive on the Amiga. :-)

Understood thank you

[malko]

Originally Posted by nivam

So when you have a full Workbench install (say 3.1) deleting a file from floppy moves it to the floppy trashcan, not to the system trashcan.

From within a Shell, you can easily define and use a "global" trashcan.
Sorry only have a KS/WB1.3 (with CONman & ARP installed) under the hands - no 3.1 (but doesn't change a lot)
Basic example (be sure to have a "sys:Trashcan" folder) :
open a shell and type :
Edit your s:Shell-Startup script and add this line to keep it permanently.

alias dlt move FROM [] TO sys:Trashcan

now, every time you will invoke the 'dlt' "command" the file(s) are going to stored in "sys:Trashcan".

ex: dlt ThisIsADummyTextFile

Will not delete the file ThisIsADummyTextFile but will move it to sys:Trashcan.
Of course this is perfectible, but I will let you search for optimisation .
If you still want to delete the usual way, the AmigaOS command delete is still available.

[nivam]

@malko
Thats something new to rediscover. I'll try that to see how it works. Thank you

[rabidgerry]

Originally Posted by Jope

You copy an icon of the type "project" next to your lha or zip file, with the extension.info.

So you have mypackage.lha and mypackage.lha.info.

If you would like imaginary ghost icons that automatically show up without an actual .info file on your hard disk, you need deficons. This does not come with 3.1.4, but the one that was included in 3.9 can be extracted and moved over. Apparently the version of deficons that ships with the newicons v4 package is not 3.1.4 compatible. This might be a bit daunting if you are a newcomer to AmigaOS.

That worked, mind you renaming within the drive didn't work by itself. However renaming using Dopus allowed me to create a MyPackage.lha.info and since I already had a tool assigned to open archives that worked as well.

So no way I can get my system to recognise all archive type files then without deficons? What is Deficons and how do I get it? Quick search in Aminet doesn't bring what the correct software, well I don't think it is.

[Daedalus]

DefIcons is included as a part of OS 3.9. There's also a version bundled with NewIcons (IIRC it's slightly older but works with 3.1), so you can download and extract that but only install the DefIcons patch.

[alkis21]

OK, new question: Why is Sensible Soccer called soccer and not football? Wasn't Sensible Software British?

[Gryfon]

Originally Posted by alkis21

OK, new question: Why is Sensible Soccer called soccer and not football? Wasn't Sensible Software British?

I suspect so it would appeal to a wider market. Don't know for sure.