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Rod Jones wrote:
> G'day, Ive just been given the "motherload" of Amiga stuff from someone who 
> was about to chuck it all down the tip. I had to make 3 trips to get the 
> stuff home (each trip filled a large 4WD) and am having lots of fun reliving 
> the past (I had one of the first NTSC A1000's in the country)
> 
> Im very rusty on all this, but would like to get an Amiga on the internet if 
> possible, Ive done some searching but come up with either bad links or stuff 
> I simply dont understand.
> 
> 
> From the hard-ware I have I think the the following would be best suited?
> 
> An Amiga A1200 HD
> A 3com 3C589C PCMCIA card.

This certainly seems to have the lowest entry cost for Amigas online.

> 
> So far I found drivers for the card which are sitting on my pc, I dont know 
> how to get them onto a disk for the Amiga.
> 
> Is there any way I can get the drivers from the pc to the amiga? And what 
> would I need as far as a browser etc?

You could try copying files using CrossDOS and 720KB 3.5" Floppies. Or if you have a suitable PCMCIA SCSI interface for the A1200, burn them onto cd-r and then hookup an external scsi cd-rom via pcmcia. 

Alternatively there are a number of solutions on ebay which offer you a kit including a null-modem or parallel port crossover cable of some sort and software to handle the transfer.

> 
> I have a router with a satellite connection and am hoping to simply plug the 
> amiga via the 3com card into it.

I know Workbench (AmigaOS si what they call it now) 3.1 and before don't have a TCP/IP stack. You'll have to find one of these too. Miami is one name that I've seen around. Genesis is the TCP/IP stack included with AmigaOS 3.5 and/or AmigaOS3.9. I know it's definitely included on OS 3.9. OS 3.9 also includes a web browser (albeit a limited OEM version) named "AWeb II". The most preferred browser for Amiga seems to be IBrowse. You can find it on AmiNET. AWeb has been opensourced, but I don't think too much (for the end user) has come of it yet. IBrowse is commercial and you'll need a registration key to use it beyond 30 mins. (ie 30 minute sessions). They are currently NOT accepting new registrations, as they are working on ver 3.0 and wish to release that before they re-open for registrations.

AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 both require Kickstart 3.1 ROMS in your A1200.

What else did you get? I'm trying to get back into the Amiga scene myself, and getting a system together is proving to be a challenge, since these beasts seem to hold their value a little too well. I'd love to find someone dumping a bunch of Amiga stuff here in Perth. I'd rescue as much as I could too.

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