idea for automatic swap disk

turrican3 · 20 September 2007, 03:05

sorry if there is another thread about this idea ???? put all your disk in the list of disk swapper and when the amiga ask for an another disk winuae put automatically the next one on the list in the df0? Is it possible for winuae to know when the game ask for a disk ? It could be great for games who don't use df1: df2 etc And in the worst case if the game ask for the disk 1 after the 3 and finally the 2 we could make a list like this disk 1 , disk 3 ,disk 2 and we could put more than one time a disk on the list if needed, sometimes games ask for the disk 1,4,2,3,4 we will have just to adapt the list in the same way ! If this is possible ? ps:sorry if it's a stupid idea or if there is another post with this idea or if it's too hard to implement And finally sorry for my bad english hope you understand me ?

exoticaga · 20 September 2007, 05:00

I know where your comming from, multi disk games that use DF0: only for loading.

Agree if the disk swap list has only the current the game disks on it. Arranged in any order. The game should find the disk it needs automatically from the list. Blinking bad programming one disk use for multi disk games.

Off topic: The drive selection on the list is a bit hit and miss. A droplist to select which drive to use for a disk would be easy. For games that do use multi floppy's and disk drives access.

Toni Wilen · 20 September 2007, 07:32

It is impossible to detect (without AI) when/if game needs another floppy disk. There are many ways to detect disk changes.. Like reading single track continuously until proper data is read.. or polling dskready-signal (and possibly never checking if "new" disk is the correct one..) and so on..

Toni Wilen · 20 September 2007, 07:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by turrican3

we could make a list like this disk 1 , disk 3 ,disk 2 and we could put more than one time a disk on the list if needed, sometimes games ask for the disk 1,4,2,3,4 we will have just to adapt the list in the same way

This is possible. I'll think about it..

turrican3 · 20 September 2007, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

This is possible. I'll think about it..

Thanks Toni

exoticaga · 21 September 2007, 00:49

Was it only possible to connect four floppy drives to an amiga. I thought it was more with daisy chain pass through. If more was allowed, it would be good for game playing large multi game disks.

killergorilla · 21 September 2007, 00:55

I don't think more were allowed.

I had a zip disk in my A1200 and it used to default to DF4: so I presume DF0 - DF3 where the only devices reserved for floppy drives.

exoticaga · 21 September 2007, 02:19

Maybe it was someother device that allowed for this... Possibly it was a catweasel or other floppy controller. That allowed it, not the amiga hardware.

20 September 2007, 03:05	#1
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	i have an idea for automatic swap disk sorry if there is another thread about this idea ???? put all your disk in the list of disk swapper and when the amiga ask for an another disk winuae put automatically the next one on the list in the df0? Is it possible for winuae to know when the game ask for a disk ? It could be great for games who don't use df1: df2 etc And in the worst case if the game ask for the disk 1 after the 3 and finally the 2 we could make a list like this disk 1 , disk 3 ,disk 2 and we could put more than one time a disk on the list if needed, sometimes games ask for the disk 1,4,2,3,4 we will have just to adapt the list in the same way ! If this is possible ? ps:sorry if it's a stupid idea or if there is another post with this idea or if it's too hard to implement And finally sorry for my bad english hope you understand me ? Last edited by turrican3; 20 September 2007 at 04:01.

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20 September 2007, 05:00	#2
exoticaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 446	I know where your comming from, multi disk games that use DF0: only for loading. Agree if the disk swap list has only the current the game disks on it. Arranged in any order. The game should find the disk it needs automatically from the list. Blinking bad programming one disk use for multi disk games. Off topic: The drive selection on the list is a bit hit and miss. A droplist to select which drive to use for a disk would be easy. For games that do use multi floppy's and disk drives access.

20 September 2007, 07:32	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	It is impossible to detect (without AI) when/if game needs another floppy disk. There are many ways to detect disk changes.. Like reading single track continuously until proper data is read.. or polling dskready-signal (and possibly never checking if "new" disk is the correct one..) and so on..

21 September 2007, 00:49	#6
exoticaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 446	Was it only possible to connect four floppy drives to an amiga. I thought it was more with daisy chain pass through. If more was allowed, it would be good for game playing large multi game disks.

21 September 2007, 00:55	#7
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I don't think more were allowed. I had a zip disk in my A1200 and it used to default to DF4: so I presume DF0 - DF3 where the only devices reserved for floppy drives.

21 September 2007, 02:19	#8
exoticaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 446	Maybe it was someother device that allowed for this... Possibly it was a catweasel or other floppy controller. That allowed it, not the amiga hardware.

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