You can enable the "Write Protect" checkbox for the floppy disk image you want to use. This will prevent any kind of modification on the disk. However, not all program will work with write-protected disks, so if it somehow interfere with the program, create a backup for the disk image instead and disable the "Write Protect" checkbox. That way you'll always have disk images in their original form. Assuming that the source of the original disk images are in good shape.

Well, I found an alternative... If the floppy disc is already inserted when the machine is turned on (The A4000) it will boot. However...

I've tried several different pieces of software, Deluxe Paint, Lemmings 2, and a Lotus Esprit game. They would load, but before I could get to do anything on Deluxe Paint and Lotus Esprit I would get a Guru meditation error about a "software failure". It would then just continue restarting over and over with error again and again. The only one that worked was Lemmings 2, it gave me the error the first time, restarted, but I was able to get to the menu and play it, although I noticed a lot of stuff is disabled for some reason (Exit, and I can only play the first maps on all the stages).

After the OS has been installed into HDD, try not putting a floppy image while booting the Amiga.
Or even better, always leave the df0: empty and use the other three drives for the floppy image.

I've been testing WinUAE with Deluxe Music Construction Set and Deluxe Music 2. Both work well. The sound is good too.

jaelanicu wrote:

After the OS has been installed into HDD, try not putting a floppy image while booting the Amiga.

When I do that I can't do anything with them at all, as said before they show up as "DF#:NDOS"

jaelanicu wrote:

Or even better, always leave the df0: empty and use the other three drives for the floppy image.

Same result. "DF#:NDOS". I can't do anything with them.

jaelanicu wrote:

I've been testing WinUAE with Deluxe Music Construction Set and Deluxe Music 2. Both work well. The sound is good too.

Where did you get those?

TV-VCR wrote:

jaelanicu wrote: After the OS has been installed into HDD, try not putting a floppy image while booting the Amiga. When I do that I can't do anything with them at all, as said before they show up as "DF#:NDOS" jaelanicu wrote: Or even better, always leave the df0: empty and use the other three drives for the floppy image. Same result. "DF#:NDOS". I can't do anything with them.

All I can think of is that the image file may have been improperly named as ADF file while the data is still in ZIP format. Regardless of what it may have caused it, the OS can't recognize it and I'm out of idea.

TV-VCR wrote:

jaelanicu wrote: I've been testing WinUAE with Deluxe Music Construction Set and Deluxe Music 2. Both work well. The sound is good too. Where did you get those?

Hehe... What were you thinking? Of course I downloaded them from the internet. But I do have Amiga 1200 stashed somewhere in my house, broken, and probably not in one piece. The Deluxe Music Construction Set came as a package with the machine where I bought it. The Deluxe Music 2 was bought later on.

My Amiga 1200 was one of my collection along with Atari 800XL and Sinclair Spectrum (the oldest). My first IBM PC compatible machine was Mitac PC/XT 10MHz Turbo with 1MB RAM.

This is the inside of an lha file:

Hmm... If you want to use that amplifier232.lha file in WinUAE, follow these steps.

1. Stop the emulation if it's currently running.

2. In the "Hard drives" section, press the "Add Directory or Archive" button.

3. Use these settings in the "Volume settings" dialog.
-- Device name: DH1 (assign as second HDD or any unused HDD slot)
-- Read/write: unchecked/disabled (write protect it)
-- Autoboot: unchecked/disabled (don't mark it as bootable)
-- Volume label: AMPlifier (or can be anything)
-- Boot priority: (ignore it)
-- Path: (press the "Select Archive or Plain File" to specify it)

4. Press the OK button then start the emulation.

You should see the "AMPlifier" HDD. If you open the disk and don't see anything in the window, right-click it, select the "Window" main menu, then select the "Show" menu, then choose the "All Files" menu. You should see the files now. To arrange the icons, use the "Clean Up" menu from the "Window" main menu.

jaelanicu wrote:

Hmm... If you want to use that amplifier232.lha file in WinUAE, follow these steps. 1. Stop the emulation if it's currently running. 2. In the "Hard drives" section, press the "Add Directory or Archive" button. 3. Use these settings in the "Volume settings" dialog. -- Device name: DH1 (assign as second HDD or any unused HDD slot) -- Read/write: unchecked/disabled (write protect it) -- Autoboot: unchecked/disabled (don't mark it as bootable) -- Volume label: AMPlifier (or can be anything) -- Boot priority: (ignore it) -- Path: (press the "Select Archive or Plain File" to specify it) 4. Press the OK button then start the emulation. You should see the "AMPlifier" HDD. If you open the disk and don't see anything in the window, right-click it, select the "Window" main menu, then select the "Show" menu, then choose the "All Files" menu. You should see the files now. To arrange the icons, use the "Clean Up" menu from the "Window" main menu.

Now uh, how do I install it/run it?

Dunno... don't even know what AMPlifier is for.

The read-me, release notes and the english guide file (assuming that the guide is viewable) should contain the instruction on how to run and install it. But if it doesn't have any installation instruction, you can create a new folder (drawer as in Amiga) in the HDD and copy all the files into that folder.

jaelanicu wrote:

Dunno... don't even know what AMPlifier is for. The read-me, release notes and the english guide file (assuming that the guide is viewable) should contain the instruction on how to run and install it. But if it doesn't have any installation instruction, you can create a new folder (drawer as in Amiga) in the HDD and copy all the files into that folder.

http://www.katodev.de/english/amplifier.html
Quite possibly the origin of WinAMP.

The thing is, I can click on the AMPlifier icon as much as I want and nothing happens (although, the message "Attempting to load program 'AMPlifier'..."
shows up for a split nanosecond after trying to load it).

I also tried putting it onto the main HDD and it still won't load.