idea about WinUAE-based tool

vulture · 09 February 2013, 17:20

I was wondering, would it be possible/not too much work to write a tool for windows which would be a cut-down version of winuae just to explore (read/write) amiga formatted disks attached to the system?

lukassid · 09 February 2013, 19:18

I was thinking the same, Norton Commander style WinUAE based tool to copy files from PC to Amiga formatted CF card etc. That would be handy.

UncleSpam · 10 February 2013, 03:51

Have you considered Total Commander with the AmigaDX Packer Plugin?

Total Commander is an Norton Commander-like tool and it's shareware.

fishyfish · 10 February 2013, 05:49

There's already tools to be able to read and write both adf and hdf files through Windows as though theyre just "normal" Windows directories.
Is this what you mean?

vulture · 10 February 2013, 10:16

Total Commander + Amiga DX is all great, but I meant real physical disks connected to the system. Maybe the AmigaDX plugin could be improved to do that as well, I don't know, that'd be equally good I suppose.

TCD · 10 February 2013, 10:20

You'd need a Catweasel or Kryoflux for that anyway.

vulture · 10 February 2013, 11:02

Why? There are plenty cheap ide->usb adapters around. What I meant by "disks" is basically "hard disks", I should be clearer I guess.

TCD · 10 February 2013, 11:35

Ah, sorry

Toni Wilen · 10 February 2013, 19:36

I think only way to make this generic enough would be to include WinUAE built-in mini Samba server which would make all Amiga-side drive available as shared folders

Unfortunately Samba is huge and not really meant for this kind of hack..

vulture · 10 February 2013, 23:45

ah! I see! I suppose a fs plugin for total commander would be better suited for the task then! Only thing left is to find someone able to do that

thomas · 11 February 2013, 11:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

I think only way to make this generic enough would be to include WinUAE built-in mini Samba server which would make all Amiga-side drive available as shared folders

Unfortunately Samba is huge and not really meant for this kind of hack..

You can run AExplorer inside WinUAE and access it with Amiga Explorer on Windows side.

LocalH · 13 February 2013, 03:04

Someone just needs to make an IFS for Windows that supports at least DOS\0 through DOS\4.

I would guess that support for SFS or PFS might be handy as well.

This would also theoretically allow Amiga floppies (both OFS and FFS) to be accessed with a proper controller, but I don't even know if Catweasel or Kryoflux can be used in such a manner. Certainly Kryoflux would be overkill for merely accessing standard floppies.

vulture · 15 February 2013, 20:15

@LocalH

Yeah, that'd be the most elegant solution I believe.

09 February 2013, 17:20	#1
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09 February 2013, 19:18	#2
lukassid Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Surrey Posts: 390	I was thinking the same, Norton Commander style WinUAE based tool to copy files from PC to Amiga formatted CF card etc. That would be handy.

10 February 2013, 03:51	#3
UncleSpam Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 161	Have you considered Total Commander with the AmigaDX Packer Plugin? Total Commander is an Norton Commander-like tool and it's shareware.

10 February 2013, 05:49	#4
fishyfish Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 475	There's already tools to be able to read and write both adf and hdf files through Windows as though theyre just "normal" Windows directories. Is this what you mean?

10 February 2013, 10:16	#5
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	Total Commander + Amiga DX is all great, but I meant real physical disks connected to the system. Maybe the AmigaDX plugin could be improved to do that as well, I don't know, that'd be equally good I suppose.

10 February 2013, 10:20	#6
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,532	You'd need a Catweasel or Kryoflux for that anyway.

10 February 2013, 11:02	#7
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	Why? There are plenty cheap ide->usb adapters around. What I meant by "disks" is basically "hard disks", I should be clearer I guess.

10 February 2013, 11:35	#8
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,532	Ah, sorry

10 February 2013, 19:36	#9
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,507	I think only way to make this generic enough would be to include WinUAE built-in mini Samba server which would make all Amiga-side drive available as shared folders Unfortunately Samba is huge and not really meant for this kind of hack..

10 February 2013, 23:45	#10
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	ah! I see! I suppose a fs plugin for total commander would be better suited for the task then! Only thing left is to find someone able to do that

13 February 2013, 03:04	#12
LocalH Amiga user since 1990 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kingsport, TN / USA Age: 44 Posts: 295	Someone just needs to make an IFS for Windows that supports at least DOS\0 through DOS\4. I would guess that support for SFS or PFS might be handy as well. This would also theoretically allow Amiga floppies (both OFS and FFS) to be accessed with a proper controller, but I don't even know if Catweasel or Kryoflux can be used in such a manner. Certainly Kryoflux would be overkill for merely accessing standard floppies.

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15 February 2013, 20:15	#13
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	@LocalH Yeah, that'd be the most elegant solution I believe.