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Amiga Problems/Questions Answered by Expert Gregory Donner
| Subject | Date Asked |
| saving problems | 11/27/2011 |
| Q: ive got a 1200 and when it comes 2 saving game data on disks it dosent work.tabs down on disks.ive ... A: I'm not familiar with Monkey Island, but were you able to save game data to the same disk and drive ... | |
| Amiga600HD sound corruption | 7/16/2011 |
| Q: I recently bought a 2nd hand Amiga 600 HD from ebay with a 120mb hard disk fitted. It works ... A: It's possible that the Paula chip (which handles sound) is faulty, though all the custom chips on ... | |
| A600 not loading anything | 6/11/2011 |
| Q: I have recently purchase an Amiga 600 , came the other day in great condition and a game I had ... A: I'm not aware of any instances in the past when drives have messed up diskettes, so you don't need ... | |
| A600 not loading anything | 6/11/2011 |
| Q: I have recently purchase an Amiga 600 , came the other day in great condition and a game I had ... A: As you guessed, it sounds like the internal floppy drive is faulty. You can indeed buy an external ... | |
| amiga a600 loading problem | 6/7/2011 |
| Q: i recently bought an a600 of ebay. everything is set up right. so when i load the games, some games ... A: Workbench is not a game--it contains the operating system files needed to boot up your Amiga if you ... | |
| amiga a600 loading problem | 6/6/2011 |
| Q: i recently bought an a600 of ebay. everything is set up right. so when i load the games, some games ... A: When you say some of your games "reload", go to a white screen, and return to the start page, do you ... | |
| A3000 3.1 Kickstart Rom | 5/24/2011 |
| Q: This is a follow up to the Hard Drive issue I had a week or so ago... I had purchased (on ebay) 3.1 ... A: AmigaOS 2.04 did break a lot of games, but only because numerous game developers were "banging the ... | |
| A3000 3.1 Kickstart Rom | 5/21/2011 |
| Q: This is a follow up to the Hard Drive issue I had a week or so ago... I had purchased (on ebay) 3.1 ... A: I'm not sure what to tell you--since you get the Early Startup Boot Screen, they're the right ... | |
| A3000 3.1 Kickstart Rom | 5/20/2011 |
| Q: This is a follow up to the Hard Drive issue I had a week or so ago... I had purchased (on ebay) 3.1 ... A: What do you see if you hold down both mouse buttons when booting up? A screen like the one below ... | |
| Amiga 3000 hard drive replacement | 5/14/2011 |
| Q: I have a newly aquired Amiga 3000 and I'd like to replace its current (old) 40 mb hard scsi drive ... A: Ah, good--then yes, you're all set to install 3.1 when the disks arrive. HDToolBox should work ... | |
| Amiga 3000 hard drive replacement | 5/13/2011 |
| Q: I have a newly aquired Amiga 3000 and I'd like to replace its current (old) 40 mb hard scsi drive ... A: Ah--it sounds like you have a rare, and early version of the Amiga 3000, one that uses files to boot ... | |
| AMIGA 500 games donīt boot | 4/15/2011 |
| Q: 3 disk image loads workbench 1.3 but on games when it comes to enter the game screen goes mad like ... A: It sounds like a more serious hardware problem if you suspect missing hardware and a faulty RAM ... | |
| AMIGA 500 games donīt boot | 4/15/2011 |
| Q: 3 disk image loads workbench 1.3 but on games when it comes to enter the game screen goes mad like ... A: If Workbench is booting fine, and the game is crashing, then either the game is not compatible with ... | |
| Booting Amiga 500 | 4/11/2011 |
| Q: I have an Amiga 500+ that has been sat in a box for about 12 years, I've just decided to set it back ... A: You guessed correctly that it could be your game(s) at fault (since Amiga disks and hardware are ... | |
| A1200 booting | 3/27/2011 |
| Q: My a1200 boots to AmigaDOS how can I stop it ? ANSWER: Hi Gerry, When you say it boots to ... A: Okay, it sounds like you either don't have a hard drive, or the startup-sequence on it has failed. ... | |
| A1200 booting | 3/26/2011 |
| Q: My a1200 boots to AmigaDOS how can I stop it ? A: When you say it boots to AmigaDOS, do you mean it's not loading Workbench, and leaving you with only ... | |
| amiga a1200 | 3/12/2011 |
| Q: my amiga 1200 will not play the games there is a error block 893 and it will not play all my games ... A: Jamie, Many games cannot (and should not) be copied using the standard copy function in ... | |
| amiga a1200 | 3/11/2011 |
| Q: my amiga 1200 will not play the games there is a error block 893 and it will not play all my games ... A: Regardless of whether the error is on your hard drive or on a diskette, you can try to repair it by ... | |
| Diagnostic Software | 1/12/2011 |
| Q: do you know a diagnostic-software to test the (correct) functions of the zorro-slots of a A4000? ... A: The only software I can think of is SysDiag from Aminet (free): ... | |
| AMIGA 1200 | 12/17/2010 |
| Q: BUT NOW WHEN I TRY TO LOAD THE GAMES FROM MY HARDRIVE USING ICONS FROM THEIR FOLDERS, KEEP GETTING ... A: If your games were running fine before from your hard drive, then I suspect you may have a corrupt ... | |
| amiga floppy problem | 11/22/2010 |
| Q: Floppy wont read disks. Says disc in the drive is not a DOS disc. Thanks in advance! A: Providing that the discs you're trying to read aren't game discs (which typically aren't bootable ... | |
| TOASTER FLYER BLOCK # | 10/6/2010 |
| Q: I have an Amiga Toaster Flyer 4000T purchased in 1999. I have never had any probems with it. A ... A: It sounds like you have one or more bad blocks on your Toaster's hard drive. I would suggest ... | |
| Amiga A600 boot up | 9/24/2010 |
| Q: My amiga A600 is taking over 10 mins to boot up from switching on to showing the start up screen. I ... A: A very odd problem indeed! Doing some searching on Google popped up the following (the closest ... | |
| A2000 Keyboard | 9/13/2010 |
| Q: My A2000 keyboard is failing to respond period. the cap lock blinks three times which as I ... A: I don't know whether the watchdog timer is a replaceable component, but I think your best option is ... | |
| A1200 crashing | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: My A1200 which has been fine for years has suddenly started to crash frequently and its getting ... A: Not knowing any specifics about your crashes, I'm making educated guesses here, but if the crashes ... | |
| Jaguar XJ220 Amiga Game | 6/13/2010 |
| Q: Do you know if the Jaguar XJ220 game will play on the Amiga 500 Plus? Thanks, Luke A: It should--seeing as it was released in 1993, I'm not sure if it required AGA, but it should still ... | |
| amiga 1200 help | 6/8/2010 |
| Q: wanted to ask what software do i use to make my pcmcia wifi card work to get online? thanks ... A: From a quick Google search, it appears that much depends on what brand and model of wifi card you ... | |
| Amiga External Disk Drive | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: I have an Amiga 500, it turns on with the screen with the disk. I put a disk in, then the screen ... A: As long as your external drive is working fine, and is connected to the external port in the back of ... | |
| Multiscan monitor settings on 3.9 WB | 3/21/2010 |
| Q: before I installed 3.9 WB, my A4000T's wb refuse to use multiscan settings even after I dragged the ... A: As long as you're sure that the monitor(s) you're wanting to use with your A4000T are capable of ... | |
| Amiga/laptop kickstart | 3/2/2010 |
| Q: I have an amiga500 and a fair few of my games work i was trying to get them goin on my laptop with ... A: I normally wouldn't recommend the following website, but seeing as you own the Amiga that you want a ... | |
| cant get a picture | 2/16/2010 |
| Q: hi i have an amiga a500 the problem is i cant get no picture on my telly ive used the a520 and mono ... A: If you're sure that you've checked through the various channels on your TV for the A520's output ... | |
| Broken a1200? | 2/7/2010 |
| Q: I have an a1200 Elbox tower + Mediator a1200 which fails to boot any drive. My setup is: a1200 ... A: I wish I could give you some advice on what to do, but I'm unfamiliar with most of the hardware that ... | |
| A1200 won't boot with HDD | 1/31/2010 |
| Q: I bought a 2gb toshiba hdd and cradle off ebay and put it in my A600. It worked fine but now comes ... A: I sent a reply the same day you asked this question, but for some reason, it was not delivered by ... | |
| amiga 600 | 1/11/2010 |
| Q: ive got an amiga 600.what lead/s do i need to connect to my new flatscreen monitor? whatever lead it ... A: Although I don't personally know how well the following device works, it claims to work with the ... | |
| Amiga 600 | 1/6/2010 |
| Q: I recently bought an Amiga 600 off ebay. The machine works when plugged in as the green light comes ... A: Providing you've tried the correct channel on your TV (each TV is different, so I don't know which ... | |
| Commodore Amiga 500 | 1/6/2010 |
| Q: I recently bought a commodaore amiga from ebay for my Dad. We had one years ago but no one can ... A: If what you see is a light gray color, it sounds like your Amiga may well have a defective CIA ... | |
| Commodore Amiga 500 | 1/2/2010 |
| Q: I recently bought a commodaore amiga from ebay for my Dad. We had one years ago but no one can ... A: When you first turn on your Amiga, do you see a white screen with a hand holding a diskette? In ... | |
| Amiga 500 won't boot with hard drive attached | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I own a amigo 500 with a mate at controller and hard drive plugged into the expiation port. This is ... A: This is a follow-up to your originalThis is a difficult one to answer, as I'm not familiar at all ... | |
| amiga 1200 hard drive knightmare | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: I don't know where to start really theres so many issues. I guess the first thing i need to ... A: The following link from Classic Amiga Wiki is what should do the trick for you in this regard: ... | |
| amiga 1200 hard drive knightmare | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: I don't know where to start really theres so many issues. I guess the first thing i need to ... A: I wish I could give you an answer as to why Pinball Fantasies is not saving your high scores, but I ... | |
| Disk drives | 10/14/2009 |
| 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 Exception | 8/2/2009 |
| 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 problem | 7/4/2009 |
| 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 trouble | 5/8/2009 |
| 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 reading | 4/29/2009 |
| 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 500 | 4/12/2009 |
| 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 500 | 3/20/2009 |
| 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 500 | 2/13/2009 |
| 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 Size | 2/3/2009 |
| 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 keyboard | 12/25/2008 |
| 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 Drive | 11/9/2008 |
| 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 problems | 11/6/2008 |
| 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 movement | 11/6/2008 |
| 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 up | 11/5/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| problemas | 11/2/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| problemas | 11/1/2008 |
| 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 1200 | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 amiga | 10/16/2008 |
| 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 up | 10/3/2008 |
| 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 1200 | 10/2/2008 |
| 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 up | 9/29/2008 |
| 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 crashes | 9/26/2008 |
| 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 board | 8/2/2008 |
| 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 audio | 7/12/2008 |
| 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 problem | 7/3/2008 |
| 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? | 7/2/2008 |
| 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. | 6/30/2008 |
| 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 Problem | 6/29/2008 |
| 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 Amiga | 6/22/2008 |
| 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 question | 6/15/2008 |
| 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 TV | 6/14/2008 |
| 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 1200 | 4/21/2008 |
| 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 600 | 3/27/2008 |
| 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 500 | 3/22/2008 |
| 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 PC | 3/13/2008 |
| 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 problem | 2/20/2008 |
| 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 emulators | 1/12/2008 |
| 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 emulators | 1/11/2008 |
| 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 store | 12/9/2007 |
| 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 store | 12/8/2007 |
| 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 ... | |
| Do A600 have Hard Drives and what do they look like | 12/7/2007 |
| Q: Were would I find a hard drive on an A600. Did they have them and where would they be connected on ... A: I've never owned an Amiga 600, so without one to physically look at, I couldn't tell you exactly ... | |
| My Amiga A600 doesnt not show any screen with or without disks | 12/6/2007 |
| Q: First of all when I power on the computer the green power light is on but the caps lock key light ... A: Unfortunately, the fact that the caps lock stays on isn't necessarily an indication that it can be ... | |
| My Amiga A600 doesnt not show any screen with or without disks | 12/6/2007 |
| Q: First of all when I power on the computer the green power light is on but the caps lock key light ... A: If you're sure the RF lead is correctly connected to your TV, and no specific colors appear after ... | |
| Amiga A1200 Sound but no picture on scart | 12/4/2007 |
| Q: I have an Amiga A1200 with hd but after I dropped it the picture on the scart went off is it a chip ... A: Without looking at it or checking it out in person, it's very difficult to tell exactly what's ... | |
| Amiga 600 HD | 12/2/2007 |
| Q: my old amiga 600 died on me today. First it gave me a pinkish screen with the disk but worked fine I ... A: As you guessed, it appears to be a problem with one of the custom chips (there's no easy way to know ... | |
| A4000 won't boot | 11/29/2007 |
| Q: I have an A4000 that I used quite a bit without any problems and 2 years ago I got to busy and left ... A: Do you get any kind of colored screen on boot up? (i.e. not just a black screen?) If the screen is ... | |
| Amiga A600 problem startup. | 11/23/2007 |
| Q: I just got an Amiga A600, I have plugged power in and the green light comes on the system. When I ... A: Does your Amiga 600 boot if you put a Workbench disk in it? If it does, and it seems to be working ... | |
| Amiga 500 Boot Up Problem | 11/19/2007 |
| Q: Any disk i insert (whether its a game or a workbench disk) its shows the workbench hand screen. Even ... A: From what you've described, it sounds like the internal floppy drive is not working correctly. You ... | |
| loading screen on amiga 500 keeps returning | 11/13/2007 |
| Q: I recently got hold of a 2nd hand amiga a 500 plus , it looks like its never been used and the games ... A: It's possible that either the internal floppy drive is bad, or that the games are from the OS 1.3 ... | |
| Jumpers on a Quikpak A4000T/060 | 11/12/2007 |
| Q: A year ago I was given this computer by a friend who didn't have any docs. Since then I've ... A: I wish I could tell you for sure, but unfortunately, I can't. :( There's very little information ... | |
| Jumpers on a Quikpak A4000T/060 | 11/12/2007 |
| Q: A year ago I was given this computer by a friend who didn't have any docs. Since then I've ... A: If you have either the Commodore or Amiga technologies A4000T, here's some detail about the ... | |
| A1200 boot problems part 2 | 11/10/2007 |
| Q: 0 boot disks, and a set of 3.0 adf files. I'm still having the same problem, winuae sees the hd and ... A: I'm not at all familiar with WinUAE, but I would hope that it hasn't done anything to 'adapt' the ... | |
| Repairing Drive for Amiga 500 | 11/7/2007 |
| Q: I own 2 Amiga 500 Computers. 1 works, 1 doesnot seem to work very well as the drive as been fried i ... A: I don't believe it's an issue at all--there should be no differences electrically, either, as the ... | |
| internal Disk drive Amiga 500 | 10/30/2007 |
| Q: My internal drive just burned out I believe. It squeeks and every disk that used to work now says ... A: I don't have step-by-step repair instructions for replacing an old internal floppy drive, but if you ... | |
| Connect to a monitor! | 10/28/2007 |
| Q: I was sorting out my attic when i found my old Commodore Amigo A1200. I have hundreds of games and ... A: Not having any electrical background, I have no idea whether the signals/pins from a SCART connector ... | |
| NO POWER | 10/25/2007 |
| Q: i have setup my amiga and i get no power supplied to my amiga. i dont know if something is wrong ... A: Unfortunately, the basic problem you're looking at certainly doesn't change--not having any ... | |
| Game not loading Brand New | 10/24/2007 |
| Q: Like every one else I dusted off my old Amiga 500 to relive the glory days (I bought it in 1989). I ... A: I'm not sure why "Chips Challenge" doesn't run on your Amiga, seeing as it was made in 1990/1991. ... | |
| Connect to a monitor! | 10/23/2007 |
| Q: I was sorting out my attic when i found my old Commodore Amigo A1200. I have hundreds of games and ... A: It's possible to connect an older TV to your Amiga 1200 with an Amiga A520 RF Modulator: ... | |
| NO POWER | 10/23/2007 |
| Q: i have setup my amiga and i get no power supplied to my amiga. i dont know if something is wrong ... A: I assume you have an Amiga 500 with an external power supply? While it's been a long time since I ... | |
| larrygeorgeiii@hotmail.com | 10/23/2007 |
| Q: Greg does a commodore 2002 monitor use ram when connected to an amiga. Does any monitor have ... A: The monitor itself (whether the Commodore 2002 or any monitor model) doesn't use any RAM, but the ... | |
| A1200 hd install problem | 10/20/2007 |
| Q: Greetings, I have ressurected my old A1200 and added a toshiba 2.5 hard-drive. When I attempt to ... A: My first suspicion would be the third-party Install 3.0 disk not setting up ENV: properly (which, ... | |
| disk's not loading | 10/18/2007 |
| Q: hope you can help me. just purchased an amiga 600 from ebay, the problem i am getting is that none ... A: From what you've described, it sounds like the drive itself is bad and needs to be replaced (not ... | |
| Amiga Workbench | 10/17/2007 |
| Q: No nothing happens when I type loadwb. It just gives me a new command line. Does it matter that my ... A: Yes, you'll need a full set of Workbench disks matching the version of Kickstart that you install. ... | |
| Amiga Workbench | 10/17/2007 |
| Q: No nothing happens when I type loadwb. It just gives me a new command line. Does it matter that my ... A: As far as I know, Kickstart 2.05 was only intended for the changes/differences in the Amiga 600, and ... | |
| Amiga Workbench | 10/17/2007 |
| Q: No nothing happens when I type loadwb. It just gives me a new command line. Does it matter that my ... A: Yes, that has everything to do with it; you need to use a Workbench 1.2 (or 1.3) disk to boot from. ... | |
| booting from A590 Hard Drive | 10/17/2007 |
| Q: I used to have an Amiga 500 years ago. I have a video program on it call Pro Video Gold that I used ... A: When you say "DOS page", do you mean the Workbench screen or the text-only Command Line Interface ... | |
| booting from A590 Hard Drive | 10/17/2007 |
| Q: I used to have an Amiga 500 years ago. I have a video program on it call Pro Video Gold that I used ... A: Without looking at it personally, it's hard to tell, but there could be one of many reasons why the ... | |
| A1200 Boot issues | 10/14/2007 |
| Q: I have had an A1200 for a few years, when I got it I had slowly rebuilt it and cleaned it over the ... A: Workbench 3.1 definitely requires Kickstart 3.1 ROMs installed in your A1200 in order to work with ... | |
| Amiga A600 crashes regularly | 10/5/2007 |
| Q: I recently purchased a second hand Amiga A600 which worked fine for a while. However it now crashes ... A: If the crashes happen only while reading the floppy disk drive, I would suggest looking for a ... | |
| AMIGA 1200 START UP | 9/30/2007 |
| Q: just purchased Amiga 1200 & loads of games, however, I have never used one before, have an rf cable ... A: I suspect that if you're not using an A520 RF Modulator as part of your hookup to the TV, that ... | |
| amiga500 | 9/5/2007 |
| Q: i recently brought an amiga 500+ for old times sake and basically i need an idiots proof guide on ... A: Sure--after a few quick Google searches, I found the following instruction manual for the A520 (in ... | |
| Amiga 500 and Supra 500XP | 8/9/2007 |
| Q: I'm an Amiga 500 Lover and i have bought an Amiga 500+ with 20mb External SupraDrive 500xp and 2mb ... A: If I remember correctly, you'll need Workbench 2.1 to be installed on your Amiga 500. If you have ... | |
| Buying Amiga | 8/2/2007 |
| Q: I've been reminising about my old Amiga 500 that gave me so much pleasure some 16 years ago. I'm ... A: The oldest games (released before 1992) may not work, as many of them were written to access old ... | |
| Amiga 4000 problem | 7/13/2007 |
| Q: It was switched on with WB 3.1 active when the monitor screen went grey. I removed the SCSI board ... A: What's really odd about what you described is that the screen remains grey--not one of the common ... | |
| A1200 Harddrive boot problem | 7/13/2007 |
| Q: I have recently found my old A1200 and 3.5" 540MB Hard Drive. When I turn it on the Harddrive spins ... A: It sounds like the boot partition is corrupt in some way. You can try using Dave Haynie's "DiskSalv" ... | |
| A500+ Problem | 6/20/2007 |
| Q: hope you find the time to respond to this; I have an A500 recently purchased off ebay. I have been ... A: The odds are good that the earlier games (prior to 1992/1993) will *not* work well with your A1200, ... | |
| A500+ Problem | 6/20/2007 |
| Q: hope you find the time to respond to this; I have an A500 recently purchased off ebay. I have been ... A: It's certainly possible that the drive has died, especially seeing as all Commodore-Amiga hardware ... | |
| A4000 mediator/FastATA/Voodoo5/Soundblaster | 6/19/2007 |
| Q: I have set up my A4000, installed the mediator drivers but i cannot get any pci/zorro iii card to ... A: While I used to own an Amiga 4000, I unfortunately have no experience with any of the third-party ... | |
| AMIGA 1200 Freezes | 6/13/2007 |
| Q: I've had an AMIGA 1200 in storage for over 10 years. Switched in on a few days ago and the clock was ... A: I'm not sure what to tell you, other than if the system doesn't lock up in the same amount of time ... | |
| Sparse strange screen artifacts. | 6/7/2007 |
| Q: I have a quite old Amiga 600 that I connect it via scart to my LCD TV. Sometimes 4 or 5 lines with ... A: If only the first fifth of the screen has problems, I would suspect perhaps either the scart or the ... | |
| Amiga disk drive | 5/8/2007 |
| Q: Just bought an a500 but some of my old disks have churned up the internal drive. Just read your ... A: I would suspect that, yes--the Amiga shouldn't be particular which floppy drive it boots from, ... | |
| Amiga disk drive | 5/7/2007 |
| Q: Just bought an a500 but some of my old disks have churned up the internal drive. Just read your ... A: One nice about the Amiga is that it checks all connected floppy disk drives when booting up, so if ... | |
| A1200, A600, A500+ operation | 5/3/2007 |
| Q: Hey Greg! Firstly, it's amazing people are still around who know how to deal with an Amiga related ... A: You can check how much RAM is available on any of your Amigas by typing "avail" in the Shell window. ... | |
| A1200 Install | 4/2/2007 |
| Q: I purchased an A1200 last year and have loaded workbench 3.1 and everything else successfully. ... A: It sounds like either the tooltype in the .info icon is not set correctly (should read ... | |
| amiga workbench image on pc | 3/11/2007 |
| Q: i own a A1200HD system which the floppy drive no longer works but it is connected to my PC, i need ... A: Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to reinstall your Amiga 1200 using files transferred from your ... | |
| clear | 2/14/2007 |
| Q: how do i clear my computer of all information and memory A: When you refer to clearing your computer of all information and memory, are you referring solely to ... | |
| Disk problems | 12/15/2006 |
| Q: I've just bought an Amiga 500 and a game. When I put the game in nothing happens. The screen just ... A: From what you've described, the problem sounds like it's the disk drive itself, especially if the ... | |
| Amiga 500 start up | 12/5/2006 |
| Q: I just bought an amiga 500. Iīve connected it to my tv with a scart. It shows the image of a hand ... A: My first thought would be that the scart may be faulty by not rendering a proper color screen--the ... | |
| Reinstalling Amiga Workbench on Hard Drive | 11/2/2006 |
| Q: Do you have any idea where I may be able to obtain another install disk?Thank you for your reply. My ... A: The only two places I'm aware of are: Software Hut (www.softhut.com), and eBay (www.ebay.com). Due ... | |
| Reinstalling Amiga Workbench on Hard Drive | 11/1/2006 |
| Q: My install disk and it's contents are availavle once I boot up from the workbench 3.0 disk. It's ... A: Yes, it's definitely a problem with the disk itself; I would suspect the boot sector is somehow ... | |
| Reinstalling Amiga Workbench on Hard Drive | 10/31/2006 |
| Q: I had so many bad blocks on my amiga 4000 hard drive that I had to reformat it. I did this from ... A: I assuming you're only planning on installing OS 3.1 (and not 3.9 which can be more complicated)? If ... | |
| Fried mouse port | 10/27/2006 |
| Q: Greg, Thank you for taking the time to read this. I have a A2000 which I accidently plugged a ... A: Unfortunately, I don't have a background in electronics, so I can't say what would or wouldn't work. ... | |
| Amiga 500 Not Booting | 10/12/2006 |
| Q: It seems I misspoke yesterday. The problem appears to be quite different than I explained it. Here's ... A: Without the video working (and giving you a colored screen diagnosis as to what's wrong) it's hard ... | |
| Amiga 500 Not Booting | 10/11/2006 |
| Q: I have replaced both the Kickstart ROM and the Agnus chip and now the power light does not come on ... A: Seeing as the power light does not come on at all, I'm not sure what the source of the problem is. ... | |
| Amiga 500 Not Booting | 10/11/2006 |
| Q: I just purchased an A500 from EBay. I recevied said system today, and have it plugged into my ... A: Your guess as to what may be wrong with your Amiga 500 is correct--it sounds like either faulty Chip ... | |
| A1200 Boot | 9/9/2006 |
| Q: I Have a A1200 with hard drive on booting up I get the amiga DOS C:setpatch: Unknown Command ... A: It sounds like the Setpatch command in your boot drive is either missing or corrupt. Also, judging ... | |
| Recovering data after accidental repartition? | 8/29/2006 |
| Q: I recently dug out a few spare hard drives as I needed to fix an A1200 that's still in daily use as ... A: I'm not sure just how much is salvageable from a partial format, but you can try the following two ... | |
| Installed Workbench 3 but fails to boot. | 8/23/2006 |
| Q: I've just fitted a 1.3GB HDD into my A1200 with 3.1 ROMS. I booted off the Workbench 3 install ... A: It should be booting from at least the Workbench disk, and I don't know why it's not booting from ... | |
| amiga a600 game problem | 8/22/2006 |
| Q: i tried to load a game treasure island dizzy the game loads but wont let me play i hvae tried ... A: It depends on a lot of factors--did the game come with it's original box? Usually the requirements ... | |
| amiga 500 | 6/24/2006 |
| Q: I brought a amiga 500 from a car boot sale, (to remember the good old days) i got it home set it all ... A: It sounds like your game diskette is corrupt somehow or is missing the boot data--especially if your ... | |
| change games | 5/30/2006 |
| Q: how do i change a game over without turning the machine on & off thanks in advance Answer - Hi ... A: Many Amiga games (especially ones from the mid-late eighties and early nineties) were never designed ... | |
| Amiga A1200 | 5/1/2006 |
| Q: the purple screen with the disk being inserted into a drive came on as usual however when I put a ... A: From what you described, it's a bit difficult to know whether the floppy drive is bad, or the ... | |
| Amiga HD / Workbench 3.0 install | 4/26/2006 |
| Q: I have purchased a new floppy drive, this has the same problem My 1200 reads all the disks fine as ... A: If your 1200's internal drive reads all the disks fine, then simply use it to install AmigaOS 3.0. ... | |
| Amiga HD / Workbench 3.0 install | 4/26/2006 |
| Q: The external floppy drive will not boot and cannot read any disks. I have tried 2 external floppy ... A: It seems very clear to me that you have both malfunctioning floppy drives and bad floppy diskettes. ... | |
| Amiga HD / Workbench 3.0 install | 4/24/2006 |
| Q: I am trying to swap the floppy disk in df0 but the software doesn't recognise it. DF1 always shows ... A: It sounds like the Install 3.0 disk is bad; I would suspect that before I would suspect a bad port. ... | |
| Amiga HD / Workbench 3.0 install | 4/24/2006 |
| Q: I am trying to install workbench 3.0 on an amiga 1200 hard drive. The HD install 3.0 tells me to ... A: First of all, make sure that you're trying to install 3.0 by starting with the "Install 3.0" disk. ... | |
| Amiga Start up | 10/31/2005 |
| Q: I recenty bought an Amiga 500+ from a fella on ebay and I can't get it to boot up. The problem is ... A: Green is a Chip RAM error, so it sounds like the Chip RAM itself is bad or possibly just needs to be ... | |
| Amiga 1200 hard drive | 9/22/2005 |
| Q: But this means that i can only install in to the HD, games that are specially designed to run from ... A: Unfortunately, very few Amiga games were ever designed to be installed and run from a hard drive. ... | |
| Amiga 1200 hard drive | 9/21/2005 |
| Q: I have some questions to ask for A1200 : -Will a laptop hard drive about 2-5 gb be suitable for my ... A: You need to be aware that the Amiga's IDE controller is very old, and may not work with newer laptop ... | |
| Program for A1200 DKB1202 Memory card | 8/18/2005 |
| Q: There is a program called MagicMem that is apparently used to auto configure the DKB1202 memory ... A: I searched on Aminet, but there was nothing listed. :( The only two links I could find on Google ... | |
| zorro bus | 7/12/2005 |
| Q: on a a2000 4.3 motherboard it is finally running but does not recognize any scsi cards it running ... A: The only way to find a bad solder trace problem is to send it in to a store like Software Hut ... | |
| Amiga 500 start up | 7/3/2005 |
| Q: I have an Amiga 500 that i have owned since new, some 18 years i think. Any way i have used it on ... A: Timo, I agree--the first thing I would suspect is the Kickstart ROM. Normally, when the ROM is ... | |
| amiga PAL/NTSC switching | 5/2/2005 |
| Q: I have a PAL amiga in Japan. I would like to use it with a japanese Tv. I guess there is a hardware ... A: My understanding is that you need to replace the Agnes chip, which is what determines whether your ... | |
| about the problem of workbench | 3/13/2005 |
| Q: ------------------------- Followup To Gregory Donner Hi Mr. Greg, First of all thanks for ur ... A: Amol, If I do not know what Jona Photo is, where it came from, or how it is used, how can I help ... | |
| about the problem of workbench | 3/7/2005 |
| Q: ------------------------- Hi Mr. Donner, First of all i was really amazed of your quick ... A: I am not at all familiar with "Jona Photo", and I need to know what it is and where you got it from ... | |
| about the problem of workbench | 3/6/2005 |
| Q: Donner, Sir i've been using amiga 1200 HD but i'm novice to .I've ks version 40.68 and WB ... A: I'm very confused; were you trying to copy a photo residing on a floppy to your hard drive, but the ... | |
| Regarding Amiga Checksum Error | 3/3/2005 |
| Q: Donner, First of all i would like to thank for your quick response. a)I have dowloaded the package ... A: I need to know if you are trying to download files from the PC to the Amiga, because if you are, ... | |
| Regarding Amiga Checksum Error | 3/2/2005 |
| Q: Donner, I am a newbie in Amiga OS. I am currently working on Amiga Ver 1200HD. I always get the ... A: The checksum errors can be corrected by running a program called "DiskSalv", downloadable here: ... | |
| Amiga screen colors | 2/25/2005 |
| Q: A2000 with 2091 controler was working fine till I started adding another HD. Now I get a greenish ... A: Here's what I found on the startup colors; I hope these help! I found them on the NewTek ... | |
| A1200 hardware problem | 2/23/2005 |
| Q: I have an rev.1D.4 Amiga 1200.7 years ago I've built an VGA adapter cable, which I have miswired (in ... A: I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but as you may have suspected, rewiring your VGA adapter ... | |
| data recovery on DOS system | 2/15/2005 |
| Q: I want to recover some text files lost on a DOS computer due to formatting the disk (in DOS). I do ... A: As much as I would like to say that your files could be recovered, I can't--once a disk has been ... | |
| Amiga 500 newby | 1/16/2005 |
| Q: This weekend at my parents home i saw my old amiga 500 computer. Mom told me she was thinking about ... A: The most practical way to transfer data from PC to an old Amiga 500 is via a double-density 3.5" ... | |
| floppy disk boot problem | 11/19/2004 |
| Q: I have an A500+ which seems not to want to read floppy disks. The computer switches on normally and ... A: The fact that the disk works fine in another Amiga makes me think that your floppy drive is either ... | |
| Amiga 500 | 11/15/2004 |
| Q: I've just bought an Amiga 500 from ebay and have a few questions. When the machine is switched on ... A: The only way of knowing for sure is to try the modulator--if you're Amiga seems to be loading OK, I ... | |
| monitor resolution | 10/11/2004 |
| Q: well after an 8 year vacation from amiga computers i decided to get out my old 1200. and with out ... A: If booting your A1200 from floppy disk did not help, I would suspect your monitor might be at fault. ... | |
| Hard Drive Light | 9/27/2004 |
| Q: Why does my orange hard drive light stay on all the time now. I had my 4000T worked on a little. ... A: If everything is working fine (especially your hard drive operation other than the light), I ... | |
| Amiga 500 Power Light Flashing | 9/19/2004 |
| Q: ! Have an Amiga 500 with 512kb expansion and no other add ons. The problem is that the power LED ... A: Without a monitor connected to the screen, it's difficult to guess what the problem might be; ... | |
| Dead A1000 | 4/7/2004 |
| Q: Dug out my A1000.. I get nothing but a steady red light.. Nothing on the screen, and no read of a ... A: I doubt your power supply is bad, as you wouldn't likely get a the red LED lighting up; I tend to ... | |
| Chips id? | 3/11/2004 |
| Q: What is the difference between ROM chip version: 40.63 40.68 A: There differences have to do with the model of Amiga they were made for; here's a list of all the ... | |
| Amiga1200 hdd problem | 3/7/2004 |
| Q: Iīve refound my amiga and wondered to make it work again. As the time passed Iīve collected many of ... A: The problem of the hard drives not appearing seems to be related to the size of the hard drive you ... | |
| amiga 500 freezes | 6/8/2003 |
| Q: I have an Amiga 500 that i had not used for the last eight years since it froze so much. I hooked ... A: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you; I meant to write a reply this morning, but was waylayed. ... | |
| Amiga 1200 Hard Drive | 6/1/2003 |
| Q: I bought recently a second hand Amiga 1200 with a 500MB hard drive on it. The hard drive has the ... A: It sounds like the startup-sequence file in the "S" directory may be faulty. Do you have the ... | |
| Amiga 600HD hardware | 2/4/2003 |
| Q: When i boot my amiga first a grey screen comes up, then a red screen and then the screen with a disc ... A: It sounds like your Amiga's ROM chip may be either bad, or not seated properly in it's socket. If ... | |
| Siamese+OS3.5/3.9 | 2/15/2002 |
| Q: I have been able to connect an Amiga under OS3.1 with a PC Win98 using Siamese 2.5+IOblixethernet ... A: If I recall correctly, the Siamese was released before either OS 3.5 or 3.9 came out. I would ... | |
| Floppy Drive? | 11/15/2001 |
| Q: I have an Amiga A600. i switch it on with no disk in it and a purple screen with a disk comes up. so ... A: Seeing as you've tried games disks, and you still get the purple boot screen, I can only assume that ... | |
| Disks not loading - Amiga | 8/28/2001 |
| Q: I have had my Amiga for 6 years +, but for a while it's been sitting around in our loft and ... A: Does this happen with only games, or even your Workbench boot disk? I ask this, since games ... | |
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