Techies Workbench

Welcome to 'Techies Workbench' - the section that covers the serious side of the Amiga. Subjects range from a guide on emote icons to AmigaOS Easter Eggs.

Amiga Guide
What your Amiga is telling you A guide to the messages your Amiga displays before it boots.	AmigaDOS Error Codes Examines the meaning behind error numbers that appear when using the AmigaOS.
Guru Guide An explanation of the Guru Meditation Numbers that appear when your Amiga crashes.	AmigaOS Easter Eggs How to access the Easter Eggs hidden within the AmigaOS
Amiga Early Startup menu What is the Early startup menu? What can it do? All of these questions answered and more!	Mystery Motherboards What is the reason behind the strange messages engraved on the Amiga's motherboard?
A Programmers Guide to Amiga Resolutions A list of the scanrates, screenmodes, colour ranges, and Genlock compatibility available to the different Amiga chipsets.	Helpful Hints Tips on how to create your own file finder, organise icons in alphabetical order, and how NOT to list files.
Huge Base Guide Documentation to Huge Base, a database program written in AMOS.
Articles
Monitors and the Classic Amiga An examination of the different types of Amiga monitors, ranging from TV-friendly 15KHz to 31KHz PC models.	Using Japanese on the Amiga How to view Japanese text on the Amiga. Written by Kento.
Keeping Your Amiga Cool How to prevent your Amiga overheating on those long summer days. Written by Calum Tsang.	Stop Power Woes How the addition of a UPS could save your Amigas life. Written by Donald Dalley
Networking with Amigas How to create a network using your Amiga. Written by Craig Graham.	The History of Drive Clicking Where does the fangled drive click sound come from?
Beginners guide to Amiga floppy disks A small article on Amiga floppy disks.	Java ports currently available A look at some of the Java ports available for the Classic Amiga
Kickstart 3.5 - The ugly truth revealed Rodney Hester reveals that the unofficial Kickstart 3.5 ROM image is a badly hacked fake.
BenchPress: The Workbench Oracle
BenchPress for Workbench 1.3 A guide to Workbench 1.3.	BenchPress for Workbench 2.0 A guide to Workbench 2.0.
BenchPress for Workbench 3.0 & 3.1 A guide to Workbench 3.0 and 3.1.	The Amiga Quick Guide A brief guide to the Amiga.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and Answers A list of technical questions covering all areas of the Amiga.	Frequently Asked Questions Answers to non-technical questions.
CD32 FAQ 2000 An updated version of the CD32 FAQ. Written by Shane R. Monroe.	Irritating Frequently Asked Questions A list of questions that are asked by net newbies. Written by Warren Block.
A1000 FAQ A1000 Frequently Asked Questions by Patrick James.	The .ADF (Amiga Disk File) format FAQ Frequently Asked Questions covering the ADF file format used by Amiga emulators. Written by Laurent Clévy
Amiga Hardfile FAQ Frequently Asked Questions covering multi-platform hardfiles for emulators.	Amiga Books FAQ Frequently Asked Questions on old books covering the Classic Amiga
Hardware FAQ Hardware Frequently Asked Questions by Patrick James.	Networking FAQ Networking Frequently Asked Questions by Patrick James.
General Computing
Filename Extensions When viewing files it can be difficult to know what type a particular file is. This page shows how you can recognise a file type by the name extension.	Emote Icons A list of those irritating smiley faces and what they mean. :^D
Glossary What do all the terms mean. Sorted alphabetically	List of Acronyms Over the years people have shortened words to save time. An Acronym reduces it to just the first letter of each word.

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