Quick question from a relative Amiga noob, guys...
What hardware is needed to run Amiga OS? Can it be run on a standard PC? or does it need say a PPC processor?
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Quick question from a relative Amiga noob, guys...
What hardware is needed to run Amiga OS? Can it be run on a standard PC? or does it need say a PPC processor?
68k AmigaOS (1.0 to 3.9) can be run on all 68k Amigas, and under emulation with WinUAE.
For the newest AmigaOS 4.x and beyond you'll need an Amiga with a PPC accelerator (like CyberStormPPC for A3000/A4000 or BlizzardPPC for A1200), or the new next-gen machines, like AmigaOne, Pegasos2 or Sam440ep/460ep (not possible via emulator though).
Okay sweet, thanks Phantom. :thumbsup:
Anytime mate.:)
3.1 runs better with some fast ram
3.5 and 3.9 need an 030 some fast ram and a cd drive
1 - 3.9 run nice in winuae
os4.0 and above need about a grand:p
lol nicely put! :thumbsup:
I have 3.1 on my A1200 system which has now been upgraded to an 030/28 w/ plenty of RAM. My CF card (Via PCMCIA adaptor) wont format however, I get a system message telling me its write protected?! (CF cards have write protection??? :huh:... :unsure:)
I formatted it in a PC with FAT(16) and the miggy appears to see it fine in the prepcard menu. Any ideas?
@AmiNeo,
Some CF Cards just refuse to work in PCMCIA on Amiga, do you have another to try?
Sandisk are the best ones :thumbsup:
Edit:
Also, do you have the FAT File system and Compact flash drivers installed?
Well it IS a kingston CF card, but seems to be working differently than in my A600 (that i no longer have) which had lots of trouble with it. It's behaving pretty much normal (showing up as a kingston 2GB on prep card etc) infact aside from the way it tells me its write protected.Quote:
Originally Posted by fitzsteve
As for FAT FS and CF drivers, I really dont know as someone set this up for me, my level of knowledge in Amiga OS is pretty NooB ATM.
How can I check?
Hi Mate, you need to have the following files:
CFD v1.25 ( http://aminet.net/package/driver/media/cfd ) or
CFD v1.27 ( http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/cfd ) and
CardReset ( http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset ) and
Fat95 ( http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fat95 )
There are probably some tutorials around if you do a little search.
Hope that helps,
Steve.