Help the new guy, if you can

[lensguy]

Now I've been working with my Amiga/Flyer 4000 for the last 4 years or so, and I do just fine making video projects, CG, etc. but I have never had to perform any software installations on the old beastie, and realize that I have no idea how to do so if I wanted to, and I do have some newer software that I've never installed on it for audio effects (I do not recall the name at the moment).

So, I know the Commodore machine is nothing like a PC, so how do you install software, or just plain files on the machine? It seems like a very basic DOS.

Truly, I have no idea what the process is. I have a functional floppy drive, and I understand that nobody was able to get the CD-ROM drive to work (though all my software is on floppy discs (like 40 some discs just for the Ver 4.2).

Well, enough said. Can you help me?

[tonsofpcs]

Most of the software available for the Amiga is on disk, and can be installed in Intuition's (the fancy name for the GUI) Workbench by inserting the disk, double-clicking on the disk icon, then double clicking on the installer file. If you are unsure about something, you can go through most of the installs in a 'fake' [do not install] mode before 'Install[ing] for Real' to check what the settings do.

[tonsofpcs]

Also, the CD Drive may need you to execute a program [usually called 'CD0' or 'CD1', and usually found in one of the hidden drawers S: or C:, sometimes L: (go to the workbench drive, choose icons show all, then open S, check for it, then C, then L; when you find it, just double click on it, and the cd drive should work until you reboot)]