Commodore Amiga Retro

So you bought an A1200

Day Nine Setting up the Modem You can use a modern 56K modem such as the USRobotics plugged into the serial port. Be sure to get the correct connector as the 9 pin won`t work THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER The best way to do this I found was to sign up with one of the free providers, like FreeUK using a PC if you can get to one, and then going into Outlook Express checking the account and simply making a note of the POP3 mail and smtp servers together with your email address and password. It is then just a case of inserting these into your TCP/IP stacker.. see below. You will also need the telephone number to ring out which the dialer the provider gives on the PC will show Simply go onto Dial Up Networking and right click on properties for the respective dialer ie FreeUK THE TCP/IP STACKER Whilst Nordic Global are no longer shipping their excellent MiamiDX, the archive is still available from Aminet. The installation is very simple and the step by step instructions make it pretty well impossible to install incorrectly. There is a timeout sadly on the demo, but you may be lucky in obtaining a key MIAMIDX Short: TCP/IP router stack (main archive) Author: kruse@nordicglobal.com Version: 3.2b2 Requires: OS 2.04 or higher, 68020+, MUI 3.8+ Words from Aminet This is the main archive for Miami Deluxe 1.0c. Miami Deluxe is an easy-to-use TCP/IP stack for Internet access and access to local networks, complete with dialer, PPP, (C)SLIP and auto-configuration tools. It supports multiple interfaces, routing IP-NAT, SOCKSD, dial-on-demand and much more. You will also need other archives -- see below. Minimum requirements: - Any Amiga with Kick/WB2.04 or higher - 68020 or higher - MUI 3.8 or higher Miami Deluxe 1.0c is distributed across two archives: one main archive and one GUI module. - MiamiDx10c-main.lha: Main archive. *Everybody* needs to download this archive. - MiamiDx10c-MUI.lha: MUI user interface module for MiamiDx. Requires MUI 3.8 or higher. At this time you need to download both archives. Holger Kruse kruse@nordicglobal.com Check the link below Miami Archive You may find you need one or two libraries and installers to unpack software and run applications. You will find all these on Aminet... like the latest installer and reqtools and ofcourse MUI 3.8 MUI 3.8 You really won`t get very far on an Amiga without MUI and this can still be purchased. You can opt to buy the USER INTERFACE key or run the demo. Personally I opted to buy the key and was emailed this by return having purchased this through a PC on line MUI installs automatically so there are no problems with the installation For MUI 3.8 Check the link below MUI Software The Mail Reader For my money there is only one mail reader and this is YAM. The software is free. I would recommend getting it from the YAM website as the all the five archives are here and they are not corrupt. Although it looks as though you don`t need all five archives you do need all five and you must un-archive them into a single folder. You will need LHA which is an Amiga tool that resides in your C drawer on your workbench Hopefully you have DOPUS, which makes life all that easier. Again, its just a case of firing up the install icon and installing the software on your system. When running YAM you will need your POP3 and smtp names, like pop3.freeuk.net and relay.freeuk.net or pop3.virgin.net and smtp.virgin.net, your domain name like freeuk.net and your mail account name and password. Its that simple. For YAM Check the link below YAM Website BROWSER I purchased AWEB-II off Ebay, but there are several about. Like Ibrowse which all do the job of surfing As ever the software is self installing, and in the case of AWEB, there is no further setting up of the software. For AWEB Check the link below AWEB Site Rememeber that for both mail and internet you need to go on-line with MIAMI to get the stack running Also remember to tell the payer of the telephone bill what your up to... Happy surfing. So you`ve bought an A1200 Wanna know what to do with it ? Here`s what I did with an £11 Amiga A1200 from Ebay Days 1 to 3 ~ She`s alive ! Day 4 ~ A case of the DDs Fitting a replacement floppy drive Day 5 ~ The Blizzard Cometh Fitting an accelerator Day 6 ~ Feed the Squirrel Fitting a CDRom drive Day 7 ~ Hard drivin` the A1200 Fitting an external and internal hard drive Day 8 ~ ZIP-it` the A1200 Fitting an Iomega ZIP drive Day 9 ~ A brighter Outlook ` the modem and the A1200 Modem at the Ready A step by step guide to getting on-line Day 10 ~ Back to the Future ` ... in need of a new heart Not just a new OS But new ROMS also

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Last updated 07/10/06