Catweasel Mk4 & Questions - Page 2

BippyM · 19 October 2005, 13:53

Threadm oved to prb.hardware as it is more technical than scene related

20 October 2005, 14:27

Can someone explain to me exactly what a Catweasel does? I remember thinking about buying one years ago, but had no money at time, and havent heard of it since.

thomas · 20 October 2005, 15:42

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Originally Posted by Wizard

Can someone explain to me exactly what a Catweasel does? I remember thinking about buying one years ago, but had no money at time, and havent heard of it since.

The CW is a floppy controller for the PC. With the right software it allows you to read and write floppy disks of any format (Amiga, Mac, Atari, C64, PC etc.) AFAIK currently you can only read and write Amiga floppy disks with the supplied ImageTool. No direct support in WinUAE yet, but you can use the Amiga software for the old CW ISA or CW MK2 to access the drives from AmigaOS side.

The latest version of the CW additionally allows you to connect Amiga mice, joysticks and keyboards to the PC although there are no Windows drivers yet AFAIK.

Also the new CW takes up to two SID chips as found in the C64. With them you can create synthetic sounds like the C64 did (e.g. to play .sid modules).

http://ami.ga/news/news99_e.htm

stainy · 20 October 2005, 20:37

So this can be all done with the pc`s FDD? no need to install an Amiga drive in there?

Toni Wilen · 20 October 2005, 21:32

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Originally Posted by stainy

So this can be all done with the pc`s FDD? no need to install an Amiga drive in there?

Yes. You can use Amiga drive if you want, they are after all the exact same with minor changes in wiring and disk detection

stainy · 20 October 2005, 22:31

But a regular pc one will do ?

Toni Wilen · 20 October 2005, 23:12

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Originally Posted by stainy

But a regular pc one will do ?

Yes, regular PC floppy drive and cable.

ElectroBlaster · 07 November 2005, 15:57

Does it matter which pci slot you have this thing in?

stainy · 07 November 2005, 18:56

Don`t think so.. my only prob was space! as the floppy cables etc stick out a little way.. but I sorted it

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19 October 2005, 13:53	#21
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Threadm oved to prb.hardware as it is more technical than scene related

20 October 2005, 14:27	#22
Wizard Posts: n/a	Can someone explain to me exactly what a Catweasel does? I remember thinking about buying one years ago, but had no money at time, and havent heard of it since.

20 October 2005, 20:37	#24
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,712	So this can be all done with the pc`s FDD? no need to install an Amiga drive in there?

20 October 2005, 22:31	#26
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,712	But a regular pc one will do ?

07 November 2005, 15:57	#28
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,708	Does it matter which pci slot you have this thing in?

07 November 2005, 18:56	#29
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,712	Don`t think so.. my only prob was space! as the floppy cables etc stick out a little way.. but I sorted it

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