Re: A500 newbie seeks help

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From: Jeremy Nixon
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 06:55

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Martin Johnson (martin@nildram.co.uk) wrote:
: My sister was given an old A500 and wants to write a thesis on it.

: Q1) It's lacking a monitor.  Will a VGA or SVGA PC screen do the job?

No.

: Q2) Is there an A500 Word Processor program somewhere on the net?

Probably. Amiga software can be found on Aminet. Since you're in the UK, 
that would be sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk.

: Q3) If so and I download it on my PC, would the A500 be able to read a PC 
: format disk?

Depends how old it is. If you've got OS 2.1 or better, you've got CrossDos, 
which allows you to read double-density MS-DOS floppies. Double click on 
the PC0 icon in storage/dosdrivers, or place it in devs/dosdrivers to 
make it active after reboot. Note: Double-density only.

: Q4) Is there anything I should know about the A500, or can anyone point me to 
: some background info on the net?

Pretty broad question. Can you be more specific?

: Thanks in advance for any info.

You're welcome.

Jeremy
jeremyn@injersey.com
jeremyn@well.com

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