Things have been pretty quiet. I'm just wondering what types of things folks are up to with their Amiga.

Speaking for myself, I'm waiting on a new hard drive due to a drive failure. I
spotted a good deal so I'm switching over to an SSD since I didn't see the point of paying more for a mechanical.

Before the drive failure I was spending more time on the BBSes than I have in quiet a while. I also started playing Qix again and realizing that when you don't play a game for a long time you really forget what you were doing. ;)

Please let me know what you're up to.

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On Tue 10-Dec-2019 2:15p, Ray Sbaitso@64:500/10.0 wrote:

Things have been pretty quiet. I'm just wondering what types of things folks
are up to with their Amiga.

Speaking for myself, I'm waiting on a new hard drive due to a drive failure. I
spotted a good deal so I'm switching over to an SSD since I didn't see
the
point of paying more for a mechanical.

Before the drive failure I was spending more time on the BBSes than I have in
quiet a while. I also started playing Qix again and realizing that when you
don't play a game for a long time you really forget what you were doing. ;)

Please let me know what you're up to.

Well since I really don't have a real Amiga but Emulated, I have been setting up different Amiga's on different AOS'.. I have every OS from 1.3 to 3.9 setup and can be used but I am more modifying my 3.9 version with some different things, I have been perusing Aminet for different things, I now have a loading screen with bar graph showing how much has been loaded I am working on getting a few of my old Telecom disks made into adf's so I can install JR-Comm and Terminus Registered versions so I can call out with them. Also re-teaching myself how to use the Amiga OS and the settings of it. That is all in addition to what I am doing on my C64's! Jeez..
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Well the replacement drive was a no go. I think it was a bit too new for my system and I couldn't even get the machine to recognize it. I've found another
drive that is recognized but I've run into some formatting issues. Hopefully I can get those sorted and be operational again soon.

I've never messed with emulation much, but if I can't figure out this drive situation I may have to learn! ;)

There's an amazing amount of stuff out there if you look around a bit and a lot
of it is still very useful. It's amazing how some software holds up over the years.



On Thursday December 12, 2019, Bucko said to Ray Sbaitso...

Well since I really don't have a real Amiga but Emulated, I have been setting up different Amiga's on different AOS'.. I have every OS from
1.3 to 3.9 setup and can be used but I am more modifying my 3.9 version with some different things, I have been perusing Aminet for different things, I now have a loading screen with bar graph showing how much has been loaded I am working on getting a few of my old Telecom disks made
into adf's so I can install JR-Comm and Terminus Registered versions so
I can call out with them. Also re-teaching myself how to use the Amiga
OS and the settings of it. That is all in addition to what I am doing on
my C64's! Jeez..

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On 20 Dec 2019, Ray Sbaitso said the following...

Well the replacement drive was a no go. I think it was a bit too new
for my system and I couldn't even get the machine to recognize it. I've found another drive that is recognized but I've run into some formatting issues. Hopefully I can get those sorted and be operational again soon.

I've never messed with emulation much, but if I can't figure out this drive situation I may have to learn! ;)

There's an amazing amount of stuff out there if you look around a bit
and a lot of it is still very useful. It's amazing how some software holds up over the years.

Sorry to hear the drive didn't work out.. If you continue to have formatting issues, here's an idea if that drive will work in a PC, install it on the PC then run up WinUAE, and use that to format it.. Then you can pull it out and toss it in the 'Mig and it should be fine.. A lot of folks use WinUAE to
setup hard drives since you can emulate much faster machines then say a 500
get the drive all set up then move it to the real thing..

Emulation is pretty simple.. Install, pull up the machine you want to emulate from the list, then create your hard drives either directory drives like I
use (PC Folders) or hdf files that you can create. Pull up a AOS install disk floppy, install and go.. Currently I have a "work" computer I set up which
does my BBS maintenance (log copying, Commodore BBS backups, etc) which has every AOS from 1.3 to 3.9. I haven't had the chance to rebuild my PPC
emulation of 4.1.. I love it, one day I will get another Amiga, but until
then I will stick with Emulation..

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Good news! Well, good news for me anyhow, I'm not sure about everyone else. ;) The system lives! I seem to be running a bit quicker than before, but I suspect the drive I put in is a slightly higher grade than what was in there. I
remembered that there was a drive sitting in an old system I was saving as a parts machine. I'm glad I can put part of it to use.

Once I got the drive issue sorted I was back up and running pretty quickly. Now all I need is an OS update or two! ;)

I found a neat little program called Comic On that has been recently updated. It's a newspaper comics viewer. It works really well. If you enjoy newspaper comics you should give it a look. It works on all Amiga flavors.



On Saturday December 21, 2019, Bucko said to Ray Sbaitso...

Sorry to hear the drive didn't work out.. If you continue to have formatting issues, here's an idea if that drive will work in a PC,
install it on the PC then run up WinUAE, and use that to format it..
Then you can pull it out and toss it in the 'Mig and it should be fine..
A lot of folks use WinUAE to setup hard drives since you can emulate
much faster machines then say a 500 get the drive all set up then move
it to the real thing..

Emulation is pretty simple.. Install, pull up the machine you want to emulate from the list, then create your hard drives either directory
drives like I use (PC Folders) or hdf files that you can create. Pull up
a AOS install disk floppy, install and go.. Currently I have a "work" computer I set up which does my BBS maintenance (log copying, Commodore
BBS backups, etc) which has every AOS from 1.3 to 3.9. I haven't had the chance to rebuild my PPC emulation of 4.1.. I love it, one day I will
get another Amiga, but until then I will stick with Emulation..

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I use on emulated Amiga for my BBS, and I have a laptop that is dedicated to my play Amiga. Mostly I use it to call boards. Been using it also to create skypix headers for different areas on my BBS. I call it my AmigaLaptop. I would really like to have the real deal, but prices are way to high. I was able to grab me another C64. So I dabble with that a lot too.

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Sorry for the delay in responding, the posts weren't making it to this BBS so I'm just now seeing it.

There's nothing wrong with emulation. The entry price for Amiga can be very steep depending on the path chosen. Maybe things are beginning to turn the corner a bit with that situation and there will be a few more options down the road.

What terminal program do you recommend for skypix? I've never been on a BBS that supported skypix with an Amiga so I don't know if all the terminals support it or only certain ones.

I'm going to try to find a new program to use each month this year on my Amiga.
Maybe I can talk some others into trying the same thing as well.




On Saturday December 28, 2019, Spitfire said to Ray Sbaitso...

I use on emulated Amiga for my BBS, and I have a laptop that is dedicated to my play Amiga. Mostly I use it to call boards. Been using
it also to create skypix headers for different areas on my BBS. I call
it my AmigaLaptop. I would really like to have the real deal, but
prices are way to high. I was able to grab me another C64. So I dabble with that a lot too.

--- Zeus BBS 1.5
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On Wed 1-Jan-2020 1:39p, Ray Sbaitso@64:500/10.0 said to Spitfire:

What terminal program do you recommend for skypix? I've never been on a BBS
that supported skypix with an Amiga so I don't know if all the terminals support it or only certain ones.

Use JR-Comm v1.02a and Telser. Terlser is a program to make the old Terms that look for a modem, find a "emulated" modem and then you can telnet out. You should be able to find this on most Amiga boards. As for the BBS that you see in the Origin here has it as a free DL. JR-Comm can callout and see today's ANSI and skypix. You can switch it on the fly and even change fonts on the fly.

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Reign of Fire BBS
C-Net Amiga Pro v5.21c - rofbbs.cnetbbs.net:2300 - 931-494-9100
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Hi Ray!

10 Dec 2019 14:15, from Ray Sbaitso -> All:

Speaking for myself, I'm waiting on a new hard drive due to a drive failure. I spotted a good deal so I'm switching over to an SSD since

What Amiga and how do you connect the SSD?
I have a A1200 and I am using a 8GB compact flash cart in an IDE adapter.

CU, Ricsi

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Hi Richard,

I have a SAM 440ep FLEX. Unfortunately the SSD I picked up was not recognized by the SAM. I have spoken to another SAM owner and apparently they are a bit touchy on what SSD drives they recognize.

I don't have a classic so I can't offer any assistance. Hopefully someone else
will see the message and be able to offer some ideas.



On Thursday June 11, 2020, Richard Menedetter said to Ray Sbaitso...

Hi Ray!

10 Dec 2019 14:15, from Ray Sbaitso -> All:

Speaking for myself, I'm waiting on a new hard drive due to a drive
failure. I spotted a good deal so I'm switching over to an SSD since

What Amiga and how do you connect the SSD? I have a A1200 and I am
using a 8GB compact flash cart in an IDE adapter.

CU, Ricsi

... Spam cut into 1/2" slices and dried makes excellent roof shingles.

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Hi Ray!

14 Jun 2020 15:54, from Ray Sbaitso -> Richard Menedetter:

I have a SAM 440ep FLEX.

I had to use wikipedia ...
Now I learned something new :)
The SAM sounds really good!

Unfortunately the SSD I picked up was not recognized by the SAM.

:(

I don't have a classic so I can't offer any assistance. Hopefully
someone else will see the message and be able to offer some ideas.

No need.
My 8GB CF card works well!

CU, Ricsi

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On Monday June 15, 2020, Richard Menedetter said to Ray Sbaitso...

Hi Ray!

14 Jun 2020 15:54, from Ray Sbaitso -> Richard Menedetter:

I have a SAM 440ep FLEX.

I had to use wikipedia ... Now I learned something new :) The SAM
sounds really good!

I have really enjoyed the SAM. I found it to be extremely stable and have gotten a lot of use out of it. Of course it has fallen behind in the horsepower department, but there are still many things it does well.

Unfortunately the SSD I picked up was not recognized by the SAM.

:(

I am hoping that maybe the update to ExecSG, when it is released, will help and
down the road maybe an SSD will be possible for it.

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