Help needed with Disks

Hello guy's ,

I'm new to the Amiga and basically all i want to do is use Protracker. I just can't seem to find any information on how to excactely get it to work on my A500. I already put the .adf file on a disk, but workbench can't open it.
I know i'm doing something wrong....please help

Thanks in advance!

[-Acid-]

ADF is a disk image it's not an executable file. You need a program such as undms to write it back to a disk to make it work from a floppy drive.

Originally Posted by -Acid-

You need a program such as undms to write it back to a disk to make it work from a floppy drive.

Where can i get that? How do i use it?

[idrougge]

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/tsgui

How did you even get the ADF on a floppy in the first place? An ADF is 920 kB, and an Amiga floppy can only hold 880 kB.

I bought some 1.44Mb floppys at the store.....is there a difference?

Also, what do i do with the thing you sent me...i can open it with 7-zip but i'm even more confused now than i was before.

[mark_k]

The Amiga doesn't have a high-density floppy drive so it definitely can't read 1.44MB PC disks.

It could read 720KB double-density PC disks with the appropriate software. If you don't already have that for your A500 it could be kind of tricky transferring files from your PC...

[JJKom]

There is HD floppy for Amiga, I used to have one.

I have a few Amiga Floppys, can i just format one of those? I got the tsgui thingy....what do i do with it ?

[s2325]

Someone wrote advice here some time ago that 920KB ADF will fit on 880KB floppy disk.

[prowler]

Originally Posted by idrougge

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/tsgui

How did you even get the ADF on a floppy in the first place? An ADF is 920 kB, and an Amiga floppy can only hold 880 kB.

If the ADF concerned is an image of an 880K Amiga formatted floppy disk, then the file is also 880K in length.

Originally Posted by s2325

Someone wrote advice here some time ago that 920KB ADF will fit on 880KB floppy disk.

Such files use the DiskSpare format with an extra sector on each track. In that context the disk is merely a double density 3½-inch floppy disk.

[Arnie]

I think what idrougge means is that the actual .adf file wont fit on an 880kb disk as it's 901120 in size.
It seems to me that the OP has used a 1.44kb floppy disk.

[idrougge]

Sorry, Razy, but without extra hardware, you can't transfer files or disks from your PC to your Amiga.

[emufan]

you can exchange the floppy for a Gotek usb-floppy-emulator.
you just put your adf files on an usb stick using your pc, plug it into the gotek and use them on your amiga.

with the right equipment you can buy a cheaper one from ebay and program/flash it yoursself.

[ajk]

The easiest way is to just ask someone in Austria or elsewhere to make a floppy of ProTracker and send it to you via post. I can do it if there isn't anyone closer by.

Originally Posted by ajk

The easiest way is to just ask someone in Austria or elsewhere to make a floppy of ProTracker and send it to you via post. I can do it if there isn't anyone closer by.

That would be fantastic, but then how would i get my samples in ? Can i just put the .wav on a floppy? And if i have to convert them...how do i do that?

By the way....Thanks for all your help so far!!

[ajk]

@Razy

The problem is that Amiga and PC floppies use a different format. You can't write Amiga compatible floppies on a PC, nor can you practicably read PC formatted floppies on an unexpanded A500 (even 720kB ones).

You have a few options:

1) transfer data over the serial/parallel port (e.g. Amiga Explorer)
2) use a floppy replacement such as the Gotek mentioned above (you'd be using a USB stick instead of floppies)
3) obtain hardware that you can use to write Amiga floppies on the PC, such as the Kryoflux

And although I am not familiar with Protracker, you probably can't use .wav files directly as samples.

[Retro1234]

Like mark says you could read 720k disk with crossdos.

@ajk

If i use the Amiga Explorer to get the programm on the Amiga, can i save it to disk via the Amiga? The Kryoflux seems a bit expensive..

[ajk]

@Razy

Yes, once you get the files over you can save them to floppies. Have a look on YouTube or elsewhere online for tutorials, so you will get some idea of how the process would work.

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There are lots of these

Thank's for helping a newbie out, guys.