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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Diagnostic Software | 1/12/2011 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory Donner |
| 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 | Gregory 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 Exception | 8/2/2009 | Gregory 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 problem | 7/4/2009 | Gregory 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 trouble | 5/8/2009 | Gregory 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 reading | 4/29/2009 | Gregory 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 500 | 4/12/2009 | Gregory 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 500 | 3/20/2009 | Gregory 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 500 | 2/13/2009 | Gregory 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 Size | 2/3/2009 | Gregory 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 keyboard | 12/25/2008 | Gregory 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 Drive | 11/9/2008 | Gregory 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 problems | 11/6/2008 | Gregory 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 movement | 11/6/2008 | Gregory 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 up | 11/5/2008 | Gregory 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 ... | ||
| problemas | 11/2/2008 | Gregory 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 ... | ||
| problemas | 11/1/2008 | Gregory 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 1200 | 10/21/2008 | Gregory 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 amiga | 10/16/2008 | Gregory 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 ... | ||
Gregory Donner
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Expertise
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.
Experience
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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