simple method to transfer files to Amiga using Gotek

kipper2k · 20 January 2015, 23:12

Hi All,

I was doing some testing on an a600 and i needed to install something on the cf card.

I found a nice simple way to get the files onto the cf card using the gotek and my laptop without using Winuae etc.

Here is what i done.

- created a blank.adf using Winuae (ok... i had to use it initially

- if you are not using total commander... why not ?
- download adf plugin for total commander if not already installed
http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
- double click the empty.adf to open it (in total commander)
- transfer required files into the adf, copy the now edited empty.adf to usb
- exit, plug the usb stick into gotek, boot up, set it up to load empty.adf
- use dopus etc to copy/work on files

enjoy

Jope · 21 January 2015, 12:33

Yeps..

I was poking around the selector.adf a bit some time back in order to make a selector.adf populator for Linux. Perhaps I'll continue with it some day, it would make this method actually handy. The selector just stores the sfn + lfn + offsets from FAT into the adf at predefined offsets.. Never had the time to make the implementation.

As of now it's reboot + wait for the selector to load + use the cumbersome ui to populate the slots + reboot into what you were doing again.. Meh!

dirkies · 22 January 2015, 07:27

I agree the gotek selector program is horrible, esp what an amiga is capable of (remember those bootblock menus on compilation disks like Defjam, all that in 1024 bytes!). I hope some scene coder rewrites it with funky colourful graphics, bigger font and easy to use UI (eg. Import/Export slot assignment to txt file)

Jope · 22 January 2015, 09:30

Nah, I'd prefer for someone to make an intuition UI for it so that it doesn't have to take over the whole machine when you're doing that shuffle stuff.

Nice graphics are pointless here.

dirkies · 22 January 2015, 09:46

Not if it is just for gaming! But a small app running in workbench would be nice too

Jope · 22 January 2015, 10:49

The current one is fine for gaming imo. :-) In real use you need to shuffle the images around a lot more, in gaming use you just do them once and happily use it.

fryguy · 22 January 2015, 10:50

Would have been nice with an external lcd for the Gotek which shows disknames and IPF-support. but i guess that won't happen since H.M stopped the development afaik.

20 January 2015, 23:12	#1
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	simple method to transfer files to Amiga using Gotek Hi All, I was doing some testing on an a600 and i needed to install something on the cf card. I found a nice simple way to get the files onto the cf card using the gotek and my laptop without using Winuae etc. Here is what i done. - created a blank.adf using Winuae (ok... i had to use it initially - if you are not using total commander... why not ? - download adf plugin for total commander if not already installed http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm - double click the empty.adf to open it (in total commander) - transfer required files into the adf, copy the now edited empty.adf to usb - exit, plug the usb stick into gotek, boot up, set it up to load empty.adf - use dopus etc to copy/work on files enjoy Last edited by kipper2k; 20 January 2015 at 23:21.

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21 January 2015, 12:33	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Yeps.. I was poking around the selector.adf a bit some time back in order to make a selector.adf populator for Linux. Perhaps I'll continue with it some day, it would make this method actually handy. The selector just stores the sfn + lfn + offsets from FAT into the adf at predefined offsets.. Never had the time to make the implementation. As of now it's reboot + wait for the selector to load + use the cumbersome ui to populate the slots + reboot into what you were doing again.. Meh!

22 January 2015, 07:27	#3
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	I agree the gotek selector program is horrible, esp what an amiga is capable of (remember those bootblock menus on compilation disks like Defjam, all that in 1024 bytes!). I hope some scene coder rewrites it with funky colourful graphics, bigger font and easy to use UI (eg. Import/Export slot assignment to txt file)

22 January 2015, 09:30	#4
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Nah, I'd prefer for someone to make an intuition UI for it so that it doesn't have to take over the whole machine when you're doing that shuffle stuff. Nice graphics are pointless here.

22 January 2015, 09:46	#5
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	Not if it is just for gaming! But a small app running in workbench would be nice too

22 January 2015, 10:49	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	The current one is fine for gaming imo. :-) In real use you need to shuffle the images around a lot more, in gaming use you just do them once and happily use it.

22 January 2015, 10:50	#7
fryguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Skarabörg, Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 1,019	Would have been nice with an external lcd for the Gotek which shows disknames and IPF-support. but i guess that won't happen since H.M stopped the development afaik.

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