LhA

Part of the Mastering Amiga Vampire 1200 v2 Guide

Updated on March 14, 2025

Introduction

This part of the guide describes all the steps to install LhA in order to continue with the rest of the parts of the guide.

Prerequisites

Amiga 1200
Vampire 1200 v2
AmigaOS 3.2
AmigaOS ROM 3.2.2
MicroSD card
LhA

Step 1

On another computer copy the file "lha.run" to your SD card and then boot your Amiga to the Workbench screen. Double click on the "SD0C" icon in "AmigaOS:Storage/DOSDrivers/" to mount your SD card.

Step 2

Now selected "Execute command.." from the Workbench menu to open the execute a file window. Enter "newshell" and press enter or click on the "Execute" button.

Step 3

Now it's time to install LhA. Enter the following commands and press enter after each line.

cd ram:
copy sd:lha.run ram:
lha.run
copy lha_68040 c:lha

Step 4

Now we can test that the installation went well by just typing "lha" and it should look like the picture above. You can now close the "AmigaShell" window.