Pippi wrote:
>Actually, I suspect it was one of the last that came out. It is very much
>like a desktop PC and I remember that the keyboard style computer came out
>pretty early, before they thought of making it like an appliance on a
>desk. also, it's designed to allow a hard drive to connect right onto the
>motherboard via the slide connector sticking out a hole in the side, and
>hard drives were a later invention too.
The AMIGA 500 was one of the first (and probably the one that got the most
users). Still you can use that same HD in a 500 AFAIK.
>So I've got a true museum piece, huh?
>I'll try to digest all the floppy stuff later, it looks like I'd be
>whistling in the wind to try and write amiga disks with my pc.
>maybe there's a way via parallel port to communicate between the two.
The AMIGA has diffrent pins/voltage (or something) that makes using a
parallel cable between a PC and an AMIGA a "no-no" unless you build it
yourself (or so 2 of 4 sources have told me).
>Or
>maybe I can telnet to something and do it iwth an external modem.
Why not use a null-modem cable? I've got one of those for my setup. The
program I then use to transfer files is called Twin Express (twin for
short) and its' very good since both the computers can act as server. If
you are interested please don't hesitate to ask about it and I'll send it.
(You can also search on AmiNet for it).
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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