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About Gregory Donner
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Questions regarding the Amiga computer; software/hardware troubleshooting. If I can't answer a specific question, I will do my best to direct you to someone who can.

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I certainly don't know everything about the Amiga, but having been a user of several different models for about fifteen years, I'm willing to share what I know.
   

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Disk drives10/14/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: i think my 600 disk drive is broken and was given a 500, do you reckon an Amiga 600 can use an Amiga ...
  A: While I can't say I know for sure (seeing as I've never tried it), I suspect that the Amiga 500 and ...
Amiga error CPU Exception8/2/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: My trusty desktop A1200 has recently stopped most of my "Prefs" and some other items from ...
  A: Do you get the guru only when you try to run one of the programs you mentioned, or does it also ...
amiga problem7/4/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: I was just given an old Amiga 2000 that I used to play when I was young. The first time I plugged ...
  A: If the first time your system booted up by itself without needing a Workbench disk inserted into the ...
hd trouble5/8/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: i just got giving an Amiga 600 with wb2.5. i put in a small ide hd from my old laptop but the amiga ...
  A: You've referred to Workbench 2.5, but I assume you mean 2.05 (which came bundled with the Amiga ...
Problem with reading4/29/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: Since I have Amiga 1200 in top condition I took disk drive from Amiga 1200 and put it in Amiga 500. ...
  A: If you're sure all of your diskettes are good, it's strange indeed that half of them suddenly ...
Problem turning on my old Amiga 5004/12/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: I have just gotten my old Amiga 500 (which has been stowed away in a cardboard box for years) back ...
  A: Since you're not getting any kind of feedback (i.e. solid-colored screens) from your Amiga 500, I ...
amiga 5003/20/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: i have a friend from england who has an old amiga 500 - how do we change to use united states ...
  A: I'm not very familiar with electrical adapters or what's required, but the folks at the following ...
amiga 5002/13/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: f1.and spacebar or return..the caps lock button usually goes green nothing either...can you help me ...
  A: From what you've described, it sounds like your keyboard needs replacement (the caps lock button ...
A1200 Hard Drive Size2/3/2009Gregory Donner
  Q: I have an Amiga 1200 with a hard drive. How can I tell hwo big it is?
  A: If you double-click the hard drive in question, the size is listed in the title bar of the window ...
amiga 1200 keyboard12/25/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: i have aquestion, when my amiga 1200 starts up everything works fine, but when i use a text editor ...
  A: Was the keyboard that you replaced the faulty one with a new one? I'm not 100% sure about the Amiga ...
Amiga Floppy Drive11/9/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: My original drive appears to be extremely dirty. The problem is that the old 720 Floppies seem to ...
  A: You should be able to find both replacement internal/external drives and low-density disks via one ...
Amiga 500 startup problems11/6/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: i just got an Amiga 500 from ebay and im having some problems with it. I noticed a disk was stuck in ...
  A: It sounds like your boot disk is bad (seeing as it apparently tries to load Workbench, but fails, ...
A4000T No mouse movement11/6/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I have a A4000t boots up fine and everything works all but the mouse movement. Both buttons work and ...
  A: From what you describe, I can't help but wonder if perhaps the mouse input connector itself is bad ...
Amiga HDD boot up11/5/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: i've just got my old A600 out from the loft to play some old games with my son, I purchased a 3.1gb ...
  A: I'm not sure why your hard disk drive isn't autobooting if it had Workbench installed on it, but if ...
problemas11/2/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Yo tengo una A4000,al encenderlo (power up) la pantalla cambia a un color blanco y el equipo no ...
  A: Jorge, Knowing the nature of the problem you're encountering, I would recommend finding a qualified ...
problemas11/1/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Yo tengo una A4000,al encenderlo (power up) la pantalla cambia a un color blanco y el equipo no ...
  A: I'm not sure why your Amiga is not getting past the white screen during bootup, as it is the final ...
Amiga 120010/21/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I have had an amiga 1200 ( Desktop dynamite edition )which I know had a hard drive. I have not used ...
  A: Just type in "DH0:" (without the quotes) and press return--or, if that doesn't work, "HD0:" (note ...
new amiga10/16/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: i am staying in mumbai , india, i want new amiga a1200,can you help me in this...
  A: Although I believe there are some Amiga dealers in India, I unfortunately don't know any specific ...
A500+ doesn't boot up10/3/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I just got a second-hand Amiga 500+ from someone who has stored it away for quite a while, and says ...
  A: There's no easy way to know whether the problems are coming from the diskettes themselves, or the ...
Amiga 120010/2/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I have had an amiga 1200 ( Desktop dynamite edition )which I know had a hard drive. I have not used ...
  A: Once you've booted using the Workbench 3 disk, what happens if you type "DH0:" or "HD0:" (without ...
A500+ doesn't boot up9/29/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I just got a second-hand Amiga 500+ from someone who has stored it away for quite a while, and says ...
  A: As you found on Google, the green screen is indeed an indication of bad Chip RAM; unfortunately, I'm ...
Amiga 500 crashes9/26/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I have a program that I use on the Amiga called Pro Video Gold. It's a character generator. I also ...
  A: Unfortunately, it's very difficult to know what might be causing your Amiga 500 to freeze--though it ...
expasion board8/2/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: amiga A1200 I have a expansion board DKB 1202 8meg ram works fine it has an option for a fpu 68882 ...
  A: Do you have the original documentation for the 1202? I've been unable to find anything more specific ...
amiga 500 audio7/12/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I'm not especially good with computers, my amiga 500 wasn't playing audio correctly, like it left ...
  A: To be honest, I'm not sure what the source of the problem would be--and I say that because as you've ...
amiga 500 boot up problem7/3/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I do have the workbench disk. No matter what drive its in, the workbench screen still pops up. Even ...
  A: It sounds like your Workbench disk is corrupt, seeing as Workbench refuses to load from it, which ...
booting up a amiga drive?7/2/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: i recently got an external floppy drive for my amiga 500. the drive is a amiga 1010 drive and it ...
  A: If you're seeing a Workbench/hand screen, it sounds like you do not have a Workbench disk in order ...
Amiga 3000 - Drop down menus have disappeared.6/30/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I recently blew the board on my 105meg scsi internal hard drive. The computer would no longer boot. ...
  A: While the computer shop that you took it to did a great job of trying to recover your old hard drive ...
A500 Problem6/29/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Are you familiar with this kind of problem: When I switch the power on to a500, it works well except ...
  A: I haven't heard of the kind of keyboard problem you're encountering, but one (or more) keyboard ...
Buying an Amiga6/22/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I want to buy the real Amiga after emulating it for a while. I have always been fascinated by the ...
  A: There is a new version of the OS (4.0), but as for a 'new' version of the Amiga in terms of ...
SupraDrive 500XP External SCSI question6/15/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Greetings. I have an Amiga 500+ with 20mb External SupraDrive 500xp . It works great but I've ...
  A: It sounds like you've been doing the right thing, and I wish I had a clear-cut solution for you, but ...
Connecting amiga 500 to TV6/14/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Basically I want to know if it is possible to connect an amiga 500 to a modern TV and if so how? The ...
  A: It might be possible, but I would be sure to use an A520 TV/RF modulator (link with photos below) ...
Amiga 12004/21/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: Does anyone know of a way to get an Amiga 500 game to run on a 1200???? Would be much appreciated!!!
  A: It depends on the game (age, company that made it), but it may be possible to play it by booting up ...
Amiga 6003/27/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I switched on my Amiga 600 the other day only to find i have a hand cursor but no icons on the ...
  A: The problems you're encountering sound like some kind of hardware (as opposed to software) problem. ...
amega 5003/22/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: just need to no how to start up my amiga 500 so it will play games all it does is bring up the hand ...
  A: Providing your Amiga 500 has the needed specs (RAM and the correct version of Workbench) for running ...
Connect Amiga (500) internal floppy disk to a PC3/13/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I recently bought an Amiga (500) internal floppy disk from Vesalia (www.vesalia.de). It is a 34 pin ...
  A: It's very strange that the drive worked for only one diskette, and then quit. It certainly sounds ...
Amiga 1200 transfer files problem2/20/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: I bought an Amiga 1200 off Ebay and I have a problem passing over .run files (like lha.run) to the ...
  A: Unfortunately, I'm not at all familiar with .run files (from your wording, I'm assuming they're some ...
amiga emulators1/12/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: ive got images of amiga workbench and yet nothing happens on my pc. what files do i need as the ...
  A: Okay--unfortunately, I've never used UAE to be able to give you an answer to your configuration ...
amiga emulators1/11/2008Gregory Donner
  Q: ive got images of amiga workbench and yet nothing happens on my pc. what files do i need as the ...
  A: What program are you attempting to emulate Workbench on your PC with? While I've never used either, ...
floppy image to pc hd cd dvd store12/9/2007Gregory Donner
  Q: i should like to store amiga floppies on more permanent media to remake them as required, (limited ...
  A: I've never personally used (or seen) the Catweasel being used, so I can't say for sure, but reading ...
floppy image to pc hd cd dvd store12/8/2007Gregory Donner
  Q: i should like to store amiga floppies on more permanent media to remake them as required, (limited ...
  A: There's no perfect--or even good--solution to archiving games disks on the Amiga, as the copy ...

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