| Subject | Date Asked |
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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) ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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: ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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" ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| Amiga 500 start up | 12/5/2006 |
Q: I just bought an amiga 500. I´ve 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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: ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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" ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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; ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| Amiga1200 hdd problem | 3/7/2004 |
Q: I´ve refound my amiga and wondered to make it work again. As the time passed I´ve collected many of ...
A: The problem of the hard drives not appearing seems to be related to the size of the hard drive you ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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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