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Scolioza 17 March 2012 07:01

need help transfering files
 
First off all please excuse my english.

After 5 years of searching i finally found and buy an amiga A600. I only found the computer itself, the psu, mouse and an external floppy with db25 male cable. I only tested by plugin the monitor because i dont have the workbench disk or any games. Before register here i search the internet for solutions but i didnt find any straight answers.
You have to know that:
- i dont have 780kb floppy and i cant find a source to buy here
- i manage to to make a null modem cable i know a bit about electronics.
My problem is that i want to play games on this device and i need a way to send them from my pc to amiga. i prefer to do that with the phisical connection with the null cable. Without amiga workbench?
Thank you

Arnie 17 March 2012 12:24

Hi Scolioza, welcome to EAB.

Any PC disks will work with the Amiga but you will need Workbench to format them as 880k.

To transfer files from the PC to Amiga via null cable will be easier if you install a CF adapter and CF card to use as a HardDrive.

Try http://www.amibay.com/ or http://www.amigakit.com/ for the hardware.

Scolioza 17 March 2012 18:37

Thanks.
The problem is that i dont have a workbench. the disk is damaged and i cant buy another i simply cant find one in romania.
Please help. I always wanted to play games on this wonderful machine, now i have one and all i can do its to watch the purple screen ....

Please help me...

Retro-Nerd 17 March 2012 18:44

You don't need a Workbench. You get a boot disk with ADF writing tools and the PCMCIA CF drivers, if you buy one on these ADF transfer kits.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=440

Scolioza 17 March 2012 18:54

and you can send the file from pc directly to amiga?

Retro-Nerd 17 March 2012 18:58

You need a cheap cardreader for your PC, e.g. a 6 in 1 for Compact Flash, SD card etc. Copy all ADF files on the Compact Flash card, plug the card into your PCMCIA Amiga adapter, use the bootdisk and start writing back the games with EasyADF.

Scolioza 17 March 2012 20:30

Sorry if i am annoying but do i still need floppy drives?

mai 17 March 2012 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scolioza (Post 807840)
Sorry if i am annoying but do i still need floppy drives?

...either floppy disks or preferably a HD.


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