Demo 2 Almathera
Workbench 3.0 CDPD 4 Almathera
Lock 'n' Load North West PD
Workbench 3.1 Demo Disc V2 * Commodore
Legendry Design demo CD Creative Computers
For CDs marked with a *, you'll need to connect an Amiga mouse into controller port 2, hold down both
mouse buttons, and press the reset button. You will be given a boot menu where you should boot with no
Startup-Sequence. Then use the keyboard to run the program wanted.
If you want to run Workbench, you've already got Kickstart 3.1, so you just need to get hold of the
Workbench software. All of the versions will work, but the later the version the better.
The C= Demo Disc V2 is available from Claude Mueller - Email him for prices. Claude's Email address
is claude.mueller@hdclick.link-ch1.ch. (Anyone know if this guy is still around? Let me know. -Ed.)
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EMULATING A CD32
Q: Which machines stand a chance of running CD32 games?
A: You may get away with running shovelware stuff if you have an OCS or ECS Amiga, but many
CD32 games expect at least an '020, 2 meg of chip RAM, and an AGA chipset - an A1200 or A4000.
The A1200 might be more compatible than the A4000 - some programs may fall over because of the
differences in memory and CPUs.
A good fast PC with a fat DirectX compliant video card along with WinUAE (Amiga emulator) can play
a good number of CD32 games with a lot of configuration changes.
Q: What are the differences between the Archos, CD1200, CD4000, and Squirrel CD drives?
A: The Archos drive uses the PCMCIA slot, emulates Akiko through software (but as far as I know
only Wing Commander uses it and that crashes, hmm...), needs you to install the CD-ROM file system to
your Workbench before you can use the drive, needs a utility (supplied) to boot CD32 CDs, and doesn't
have FMV capability.
The CD1200 isn't available yet. It uses the A1200's trapdoor slot, has Akiko, has Kickstart 3.1, boots
straight from CD-ROM, and doesn't have FMV capability. (This drive was officially canned. I haven't
heard anything otherwise. -Ed.)
Peter Kittel wrote:
"The CD1200 is a prototype CD-ROM drive for the A1200, which makes the A1200 CD32-compatible.
This is still in prototype, was shown on a few fairs, and as of now it's uncertain whether it ever will get
produced. With it you get CD32 software compatibility, but no hardware compatibility. Especially there
is no chance to add the FMV cartridge to it." (It never made it past prototype. Escom didn't think it was
worthy enough to continue, but instead a $2700 A4000T was. -Ed.)
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