pc2amiga

AliasXZ · 22 January 2008, 15:39

Hey

I have just connected a parallel cable between the pc and the amiga, is it enough to just install the pc side program? Or do I have to remove the hard drive from the amiga and put the amiga side stuff on it?

sorry guys, totally new to this

What would be best? Appccomm or pc2amiga?

Bamiga2002 · 22 January 2008, 15:43

Install PC-2-Amiga, but follow the guide located here:
http://wiki.abime.net/amiga:file_transfer

Hewitson · 22 January 2008, 15:49

Why would you remove hard drive? mount pc0: and pc disks will work as if they are amiga ones.

ppill · 22 January 2008, 15:57

There are issues with PC2Amiga when running WinXP (do a search, there were a couple of threads describing how it should be done -- I never got it to work).

There's a third one called Paradise and you can force it to work on WinXP. But you'd need to modify the cable.

AliasXZ · 22 January 2008, 16:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Braddo

Why would you remove hard drive? mount pc0: and pc disks will work as if they are amiga ones.

hmmm, i tried that

I formatted it as a 144M and put tape on the non-tabbed side? then run that pc0?

The amiga wouldnt recognise it "DF0???"

there was no option to format as 880

ppill:

Im running win2k on another machine cheers for info tho

ppill · 22 January 2008, 16:40

A standard drive in an A1200 can't read High Density disks. To get a 720kb disk type format a: /t:80 /n:9 in WinXP.

And grab fat95 from aminet.net to enjoy long names.

AliasXZ · 22 January 2008, 17:17

I tried the above but i still cannot get it to read pc disks...

will mess around

ppill · 22 January 2008, 17:28

Check if you got the following files:

L:CrossDOSFileSystem
DEVS:mfm.device
SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PC0
SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PC0.info

The PC0 file should look like this:

Code:

FileSystem    = L:CrossDOSFileSystem
Device        = mfm.device
Unit        = 0
Flags        = 1
Surfaces    = 2
BlocksPerTrack    = 9
Reserved    = 1
Interleave    = 0
LowCyl        = 0
HighCyl        = 79
Buffers        = 5
BufMemType    = 0
StackSize    = 600
Priority    = 5
GlobVec        = -1
DosType        = 0x4D534400

Then its just a matter of clicking the icon (PC0.info in Storage/DOSDrivers/) or issuing 'mount pc0:' in shell.

You're using floppies or a hard drive?

AliasXZ · 22 January 2008, 17:38

how do i "read" the pc0 file?? what editor does workbench use?

using floppies

and yeh i have those

ppill · 22 January 2008, 17:48

Ahhh...

That's more tricky. You've got a Skype account (you'll find mine in the profile)? Save me a lot of typing

22 January 2008, 15:39	#1
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	pc2amiga Hey I have just connected a parallel cable between the pc and the amiga, is it enough to just install the pc side program? Or do I have to remove the hard drive from the amiga and put the amiga side stuff on it? sorry guys, totally new to this What would be best? Appccomm or pc2amiga?

22 January 2008, 17:28	#8
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	Check if you got the following files: L:CrossDOSFileSystem DEVS:mfm.device SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PC0 SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PC0.info The PC0 file should look like this: Code: FileSystem = L:CrossDOSFileSystem Device = mfm.device Unit = 0 Flags = 1 Surfaces = 2 BlocksPerTrack = 9 Reserved = 1 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 79 Buffers = 5 BufMemType = 0 StackSize = 600 Priority = 5 GlobVec = -1 DosType = 0x4D534400 Then its just a matter of clicking the icon (PC0.info in Storage/DOSDrivers/) or issuing 'mount pc0:' in shell. You're using floppies or a hard drive?

22 January 2008, 17:38	#9
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	how do i "read" the pc0 file?? what editor does workbench use? using floppies and yeh i have those Last edited by AliasXZ; 22 January 2008 at 17:50.

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22 January 2008, 15:43	#2
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Install PC-2-Amiga, but follow the guide located here: http://wiki.abime.net/amiga:file_transfer

22 January 2008, 15:49	#3
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	Why would you remove hard drive? mount pc0: and pc disks will work as if they are amiga ones.

22 January 2008, 15:57	#4
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	There are issues with PC2Amiga when running WinXP (do a search, there were a couple of threads describing how it should be done -- I never got it to work). There's a third one called Paradise and you can force it to work on WinXP. But you'd need to modify the cable.

22 January 2008, 16:40	#6
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	A standard drive in an A1200 can't read High Density disks. To get a 720kb disk type format a: /t:80 /n:9 in WinXP. And grab fat95 from aminet.net to enjoy long names.

22 January 2008, 17:17	#7
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	I tried the above but i still cannot get it to read pc disks... will mess around

22 January 2008, 17:48	#10
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	Ahhh... That's more tricky. You've got a Skype account (you'll find mine in the profile)? Save me a lot of typing

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