Possible to launch floppies from a large number in .zip?

[chip]

About zipping demos stuff, did you notice that zip compression is better than lha ?

[Foebane]

I wonder why, when I start WinUAE, load a config, and drag my first file into it, that it doesn't load and after a couple of seconds, drops me back to the Windows desktop? It's not a big deal, as it works when I drag it across again and thereafter, but I wonder why it does that? I find it quite handy that it goes back to the Windows desktop so I can try again.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Strange, it does it with even small files lha?

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Strange, it does it with even small files lha?

I don't have any draggable LHAs to try it with, only ADFs and bootable EXEs. The configurations I use for drag and drop are essentially for floppy-based A500, A600 and A1200 and don't have the ClassicWB HDF, since that's for all the HDD stuff I have, on the higher end.

[Foebane]

AS, it's really not a big deal, I was just curious, that's all.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Foebane

I don't have any draggable LHAs to try it with.

On Aminet almost all archives are in LHA, dragging works with any OS and even from Workbench booted from floppy.

[Foebane]

Nope, with the demos I collected, I've taken the LHAs and ripped out the EXEs and tossed away everything else, at least with those demos that are single executables. For demos with multiple EXEs and/or data files included, they're untouched except for renaming.

[chip]

I do the same

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by chip

I do the same

Whew, that's a relief. I was starting to think I was being naughty in just keeping the EXEs and discarding their descriptive text files, etc. But really, that's what they are, just text documents. I prefer to let the demos themselves do the talking, since the credits are usually there anyway.

[chip]

I still don't understand why TOSEC has so few demos in EXE format

I mean, they are actually a lot

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by chip

I still don't understand why TOSEC has so few demos in EXE format

I mean, they are actually a lot

I get almost all of my demos from Pouet.net. From the page of each demo is a Download link, and I got my files from there. The links are to Scene.org, usually, and that saves having to search that site itself.

I'm attaching my current list of Amiga demos with Pouet.net links, so you can see what demos you're missing (if any) and add them to your collection. Almost all the files I've downloaded have been LHAs, with sometimes EXEs by themselves, and rarer still, ADFs and DMSs. Enjoy!

[chip]

Hey, thanks .... nice list

What they are the letters with "Small" and "Large" text ?

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by chip

Hey, thanks .... nice list

What they are the letters with "Small" and "Large" text ?

The letters A-H are the eight configurations I use for Amiga stuff (A being an A500 with half meg expansion, all the way up to H which is the fastest 68040 (060) stuff.

"Large" means the multi-file demos within LHA archives that I leave intact (because these are single demos made up of many files or ADFs and so they are almost always larger).

"Small" means the single EXEs and ADFs that I've ripped out of LHA archives, and most of those are smaller.

[chip]

I always prefer EXE instead of ADF (if possible)

Then ADF and only as last option the ZIP

[Foebane]

Originally Posted by chip

I always prefer EXE instead of ADF (if possible)

Then ADF and only as last option the ZIP

I've seen quite a few downloaded LHAs containing both EXE and ADF versions.

[chip]

Yes

But ADF is kept ONLY if it adds something relevant respect than EXE

And that's usually not the case