Using a Compact Flash card on a600/a1200 PCMCIA - Page 7

Rob27 · 04 April 2009, 19:33

I had a 256meg Lexar this didnt work. As above SanDisk seem to work! Bought a 4 gig one and this worked straight away. Should have saved 4 hours of faffing about with the incompatible one!

Rob.

jimmer78 · 20 May 2009, 12:41

was gonna buy this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...lenotsupported

and try with my A1200...

....can anyone upload some software to the zone for me to use with it please? easy ADF or some transferer software & driver?

Cheers.

danhans · 20 May 2009, 14:17

Get adfblitzer, cfd , fat95 and cardpatch, cardreset off aminet. That all you really need.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmer78

was gonna buy this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...lenotsupported

and try with my A1200...

....can anyone upload some software to the zone for me to use with it please? easy ADF or some transferer software & driver?

Cheers.

terexuk · 02 June 2009, 22:55

anyone got a sandisk 2gb ultra2 working on a real amiga ??i tried formatting with both xp and vista fat 16 and 32 i can get it to be recognised in winuae and format with rdb (2 980 partitions)but it just wont show on a "real" amiga 1200 anyone got any ideas ?? from reading through the forums sandisk seem to be one that works with no problems...except mine

Retroplay · 08 June 2009, 18:27

Will this adaptor work with an A1200 ?
http://www.getmore.dk/Product/DeLOCK/61395.html

Site is danish, description is written in english.

Jope · 08 June 2009, 18:37

No. It is the wrong way. CF -> PCMCIA, not PCMCIA -> CF.

Retroplay · 08 June 2009, 18:40

Ah crapoli, you're right.

petee1979 · 12 June 2009, 12:43

Hi all

am looking at this adapter and cf card on ebay and wanted to know if anyone has used them with success.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/R274-1-GB-Lex...3A1%7C294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-5-Hard-Disk...3A1%7C294%3A50

any feedback is appreciated.

Mozzerfan · 12 June 2009, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by terexuk

anyone got a sandisk 2gb ultra2 working on a real amiga ??i tried formatting with both xp and vista fat 16 and 32 i can get it to be recognised in winuae and format with rdb (2 980 partitions)but it just wont show on a "real" amiga 1200 anyone got any ideas ?? from reading through the forums sandisk seem to be one that works with no problems...except mine

You mean you formatted the CF card with an amiga-filesystem and you are trying to read it on the amiga with a PCMCIA adapter?

The mountlist for CF0 is for use with fat-formatted cards.
If you want to use it with an amiga-formatted card, you have to make a mountlist yourself.
I used giggledisk (from aminet) for this, and it works like a charm with my Sandisk UltraII 2GB CF card.

Rabbit80 · 12 June 2009, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by terexuk

anyone got a sandisk 2gb ultra2 working on a real amiga ??i tried formatting with both xp and vista fat 16 and 32 i can get it to be recognised in winuae and format with rdb (2 980 partitions)but it just wont show on a "real" amiga 1200 anyone got any ideas ?? from reading through the forums sandisk seem to be one that works with no problems...except mine

If you are using PCMCIA then you need fat95 and cfd from Aminet - then format your card in Xp using fat16 or fat32. Also if you have an 8Mb expansion card, try disabling 4Mb of it as most are not PCMCIA friendly!

Otherwise you need a CF-IDE adaptor and you can format it in WinUAE and it will work on your miggys IDE port!

DyLucke · 22 June 2009, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

You are not supposed to use PREPCARD.
You have to format your card on the PC using FAT16 or FAT32

Perhaps your 8GB card is just not compatible anyway.
I['d use a 4GB Transcend @ 133Mhz.

I had problems with a Kingston 8gb 133x... These green ones.
It doesn't work on the PCMCIA slot, only internally on the IDE-CF-

I think i would need to go for a couple of 8gb Sandisk AtaII cards, any good place to get'em?

Zetr0 · 23 June 2009, 04:24

I really need to do a visual guide for CF-IDE and CF-PCMCIA

now whom do i need to mug to get the time to do it ..... hmmmmmm

prowler · 24 June 2009, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopos2000

Not so long ago I uploaded my software I used on my A1200 to install a CF adapter. It works fine with my Scan Disk 250MB (XP & A1200). Maybe you download it and try it out.
PCMCIA Software

Hey lopos2000,

Could you upload this again for me, please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

I really need to do a visual guide for CF-IDE and CF-PCMCIA

Yes please, Zetty!

17 July 2009, 08:12

Does anyone have the ndcfwchg.com?

I have 3 sandisk card that are before 2003 month 1

AK0201RI (128mb)
R0103HT I (16mb)
AD0109NA (96mb)

TIA

prowler · 17 July 2009, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by kocoman

Does anyone have the ndcfwchg.com?

Hi kocoman, and welcome to EAB.

This tool is very difficult to track down. I think I remember reading somewhere that it is included on the Ultimate Boot CD. However, I haven't yet got around to checking whether it's true.

Retroplay · 08 August 2009, 15:35

I got my EasyADF kit today but I'm having some problems.
It's like the PCMCIA adapter wont fit in the Amiga, it's like it wont go all the way into the cardreader in the A1200.
I installed a switch so I can turn off the extra 4mb on the ram expansion, it's set to 4mb so it wont block the PCMCIA port.
Is it really that tricky to make it fit properly ?

FOL · 08 August 2009, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retroplay

I got my EasyADF kit today but I'm having some problems.
It's like the PCMCIA adapter wont fit in the Amiga, it's like it wont go all the way into the cardreader in the A1200.
I installed a switch so I can turn off the extra 4mb on the ram expansion, it's set to 4mb so it wont block the PCMCIA port.
Is it really that tricky to make it fit properly ?

I have PM'ed you.

Also, any chance you can send me a pic of end of cf adapter and a pic of it inserted?

Retroplay · 08 August 2009, 16:31

Click thumbs for bigger pictures.

mai · 23 August 2009, 21:43

I tried to use a cf-card on PCMCIA port, but the card is not recognized,

then this means my card is not compatible?
I have installed "CFD" and "FAT95" and formated the card in Windows to fat32(Quick format).
Maybe i have missed something, any help?
By the way the CF-card is a "CnMemory 2GB".
My "Blizzard 030/50MHz should not cause any problems, is it right?

prowler · 23 August 2009, 21:56

@mai,

I don't think you've done anything wrong there, and you're right - the Blizzard shoouldn't cause a problem.

It does rather look like the CF card is not compatible.

12 June 2009, 12:43	#128
petee1979 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: newcastle Posts: 17	anyone know if these are compatible with the A1200? Hi all am looking at this adapter and cf card on ebay and wanted to know if anyone has used them with success. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/R274-1-GB-Lex...3A1%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-5-Hard-Disk...3A1%7C294%3A50 any feedback is appreciated.

08 August 2009, 16:31	#138
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,085	Click thumbs for bigger pictures. Last edited by Retroplay; 08 August 2009 at 16:36.

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04 April 2009, 19:33	#121
Rob27 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Feltham Posts: 51	I had a 256meg Lexar this didnt work. As above SanDisk seem to work! Bought a 4 gig one and this worked straight away. Should have saved 4 hours of faffing about with the incompatible one! Rob.

20 May 2009, 12:41	#122
jimmer78 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 133	was gonna buy this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...lenotsupported and try with my A1200... ....can anyone upload some software to the zone for me to use with it please? easy ADF or some transferer software & driver? Cheers.

02 June 2009, 22:55	#124
terexuk Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 196	anyone got a sandisk 2gb ultra2 working on a real amiga ??i tried formatting with both xp and vista fat 16 and 32 i can get it to be recognised in winuae and format with rdb (2 980 partitions)but it just wont show on a "real" amiga 1200 anyone got any ideas ?? from reading through the forums sandisk seem to be one that works with no problems...except mine

08 June 2009, 18:27	#125
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,085	Will this adaptor work with an A1200 ? http://www.getmore.dk/Product/DeLOCK/61395.html Site is danish, description is written in english.

08 June 2009, 18:37	#126
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,864	No. It is the wrong way. CF -> PCMCIA, not PCMCIA -> CF.

08 June 2009, 18:40	#127
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,085	Ah crapoli, you're right.

23 June 2009, 04:24	#132
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I really need to do a visual guide for CF-IDE and CF-PCMCIA now whom do i need to mug to get the time to do it ..... hmmmmmm

17 July 2009, 08:12	#134
kocoman Posts: n/a	Does anyone have the ndcfwchg.com? I have 3 sandisk card that are before 2003 month 1 AK0201RI (128mb) R0103HT I (16mb) AD0109NA (96mb) TIA

08 August 2009, 15:35	#136
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,085	I got my EasyADF kit today but I'm having some problems. It's like the PCMCIA adapter wont fit in the Amiga, it's like it wont go all the way into the cardreader in the A1200. I installed a switch so I can turn off the extra 4mb on the ram expansion, it's set to 4mb so it wont block the PCMCIA port. Is it really that tricky to make it fit properly ?

23 August 2009, 21:43	#139
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	I tried to use a cf-card on PCMCIA port, but the card is not recognized, then this means my card is not compatible? I have installed "CFD" and "FAT95" and formated the card in Windows to fat32(Quick format). Maybe i have missed something, any help? By the way the CF-card is a "CnMemory 2GB". My "Blizzard 030/50MHz should not cause any problems, is it right?

23 August 2009, 21:56	#140
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	@mai, I don't think you've done anything wrong there, and you're right - the Blizzard shoouldn't cause a problem. It does rather look like the CF card is not compatible.

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