anderson@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Joseph Anderson) (04/05/91)
I've got an Amiga (inherited); I'm a macintosh, sun, iris type so this is going to be a trip though I understand it is a 68000 chip. there is not system or any software for it (None) needless to say formatting a disk is goin gto be a problem. I will go under the hood and publish the internals but I do believe I need at least an operating system or compiler. We are talking about AmigaDos, AmigaC and AmigaAssembler I can't tell what model this thing is it just says Amiga with two parallel or subparallel checkmarks. Video works but has a hand on it asking for a disk. Babe I need software! or an OS and I'll write my own but at least some software and then when I find out what model it is, upgrad e boards and maps of rom and experiments with wild shit like... will a 68040/030 fit in there? can I hang it off my IRIS? \ What about a camera interface? etc. etc. etc. help help! anderson@cat.syr.edu .
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/09/91)
In article <1991Apr4.233955.29696@rodan.acs.syr.edu> anderson@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Joseph Anderson) writes: > > I've got an Amiga (inherited); I'm a macintosh, sun, iris type so > this is going to be a trip though I understand it is a 68000 chip. > > there is not system or any software for it (None) > needless to say formatting a disk is goin gto be a problem. > > I will go under the hood and publish the internals but I do > believe I need at least an operating system or compiler. > > We are talking about AmigaDos, AmigaC and AmigaAssembler > > I can't tell what model this thing is it just says Amiga with two parallel or subparallel checkmarks. > Amiga 1000. The first important thing to know is how much ram you have. When booting, the blue hand is asking for a Kickstart disk. Look for Kickstart 1.3. Then, you will need Workbench 1.3. (Actually any version of Kickstart and Workbench will do except for 2.0, so even 1.0,1.1,1.2 is fine). > Video works but has a hand on it asking for a disk. In order to use any software from a power up, you will always need to insert a Kickstart disk because you probably don't have the ROM chip installed. You do not need to insert the kickstart after a warm boot though. > > Babe I need software! or an OS and I'll write my own but at least > some software and then when I find out what model it is, upgrad > e boards and maps of rom and experiments with wild shit like... > will a 68040/030 fit in there? You can get a 68030 board, but it means you will have to remove or replace the floppy drive (this is available from the company that make the 68030 Mega Midget Racer). > > can I hang it off my IRIS? > \ > What about a camera interface? Probably available somewhere. > > etc. etc. etc. > >help help! >anderson@cat.syr.edu >. > -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)