"Amiga Setup Part 2"

Posted: 01 December, 2020

Tonight's job was supposed to be simple, get some tools installed on the 600. Just the basics; AsmPro, Protracker, PicCON, KinCon etc. Nothing too fancy. But I'd completely forgotten how many custom classes and extensions these old apps used. ClassAct and ReqTools tripped me up straight away, so it was back to Aminet...

I knew this going in, but Workbench 3.1.4 isn't really suited to a bare bones 68k Amiga. An 020 and more RAM would make the world of difference. That said, I've got mine booting up with ~700k free. ~800 if I flush the RAM disk. I was hoping to get a TCP stack squeezed into that, but even if I manage it, I can't see me being able to easily copy builds over. I think I'll stick to the CF card for anything larger than an ADF...

So that was a bit of fun and I now have an A600 that I can tuck under the TV, and more importantly, I have a baseline spec for any new ECS stuff I make. I just need to make something now...

And yes, I'm very tempted to upgrade my A1200 from 3.1 to 3.1.4 as well, now. Seems like it'll be a tidy upgrade. Hmmm... �

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