Help with transferring files to Amiga 3000.

MikeA3000 · 07 December 2018, 15:57

A little background, in the early 90s I bought a 16mhz 3000, I recently dug it out of the closet, to my surprise the battery hadn't leaked all over the mobo, just a little green fuzz, cleaned it with vinegar. I will be replacing it. Hard drives were trashed. I bought the SCSI2SD. I have it setup and installed Workbench 3.1. I am wanting to transfer data from my Mac but I am limited to my transfers using the 720K CrossDOS on an external USB floppy. Most apps need MUI 3.8 and it won't fit on a floppy. I bought the plipbox, I had an old version of Miami, I have it up and running, I can get online. What is my best option to transfer. I was trying to use FTP but finding an amiga ftp client version that doesn't require the newer MUI is hard to do. I can run a FTP server on the Mac I guess I need a good non MUI version of ftp client on the amiga. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

alexh · 07 December 2018, 17:47

Put the SD card in a USB card reader connected to Mac.
Install FS-UAE emulator & Kickstart ROM.
Configure FS-UAE to mount the SD card directly as block-level device so it appears as DH0 and you can boot to workbench.
Also configure FS-UAE to mount a directory on your Mac containing the files to transfer as DH1:
Transfer all the files over from DH1 to DH0 in Workbench
Put the SD card back in the Amiga
Boom.

You'll get 10's if not 100's of MB/s this way and it will be all over in a few moments.

MikeA3000 · 07 December 2018, 17:54

Alexh
Thanks a lot, I was afraid it was going to come to that, FS-UAE looks a little overwhelming, I will give it a try and see if I can get it setup

Hedeon · 07 December 2018, 19:22

For small transfers I have my Amiga being the server with rc-ftpd. I guess it uses MUI 3.8. Not sure what you mean with the newer MUI? 3.8?

hth313 · 07 December 2018, 19:47

I have two ways I transfer files, both require that you can get online. UHC TOOLS http://uhc.retrodatorer.se/ which makes it easy to fetch things from aminet and a local NFS server (samba can be an alternative).

The local server is just a credit card sized Linux (Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone or similar) which both my Mac and Amiga can access, which makes it easy to move files back and forth, or just use it as a local share.

MikeA3000 · 07 December 2018, 20:03

Yes, by newer I do mean 3.8, I still have my older purchased MUI 3.1and I installed it but unfortunately it isn't allowing me to install the software that requires 3.8.

MikeA3000 · 07 December 2018, 20:09

hth313, I will try that at this point anything is worth a try. Thanks for the suggestions.

MikeA3000 · 07 December 2018, 20:11

aleph..Would it be easier to load my SD card in WinUae instead of a hacked FS-UAE, I have a Win10 VM I can use on my Mac.

MikeA3000 · 08 December 2018, 03:06

hth313, you are a lifesaver. That worked great!! Thanks for the tip

TjLaZer · 08 December 2018, 21:35

You can also get a cheap SCSI Zip drive and also a USB Zip for the Mac and transfer onto 100MB Zip disks formatted to FAT! Works great.

alexh · 09 December 2018, 02:19

If you can use Windows in a VM which can see your SD card then ADFView is the easiest technique

http://www.viksoe.dk/adfview/

07 December 2018, 15:57	#1
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	Help with transferring files to Amiga 3000. A little background, in the early 90s I bought a 16mhz 3000, I recently dug it out of the closet, to my surprise the battery hadn't leaked all over the mobo, just a little green fuzz, cleaned it with vinegar. I will be replacing it. Hard drives were trashed. I bought the SCSI2SD. I have it setup and installed Workbench 3.1. I am wanting to transfer data from my Mac but I am limited to my transfers using the 720K CrossDOS on an external USB floppy. Most apps need MUI 3.8 and it won't fit on a floppy. I bought the plipbox, I had an old version of Miami, I have it up and running, I can get online. What is my best option to transfer. I was trying to use FTP but finding an amiga ftp client version that doesn't require the newer MUI is hard to do. I can run a FTP server on the Mac I guess I need a good non MUI version of ftp client on the amiga. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

07 December 2018, 17:47	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,355	Put the SD card in a USB card reader connected to Mac. Install FS-UAE emulator & Kickstart ROM. Configure FS-UAE to mount the SD card directly as block-level device so it appears as DH0 and you can boot to workbench. Also configure FS-UAE to mount a directory on your Mac containing the files to transfer as DH1: Transfer all the files over from DH1 to DH0 in Workbench Put the SD card back in the Amiga Boom. You'll get 10's if not 100's of MB/s this way and it will be all over in a few moments. Last edited by alexh; 07 December 2018 at 17:52.

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07 December 2018, 17:54	#3
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	Alexh Thanks a lot, I was afraid it was going to come to that, FS-UAE looks a little overwhelming, I will give it a try and see if I can get it setup

07 December 2018, 19:22	#4
Hedeon Semi-Retired Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Leiden / The Netherlands Posts: 2,002	For small transfers I have my Amiga being the server with rc-ftpd. I guess it uses MUI 3.8. Not sure what you mean with the newer MUI? 3.8?

07 December 2018, 19:47	#5
hth313 Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Delta, Canada Posts: 192	I have two ways I transfer files, both require that you can get online. UHC TOOLS http://uhc.retrodatorer.se/ which makes it easy to fetch things from aminet and a local NFS server (samba can be an alternative). The local server is just a credit card sized Linux (Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone or similar) which both my Mac and Amiga can access, which makes it easy to move files back and forth, or just use it as a local share.

07 December 2018, 20:03	#6
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	Yes, by newer I do mean 3.8, I still have my older purchased MUI 3.1and I installed it but unfortunately it isn't allowing me to install the software that requires 3.8.

07 December 2018, 20:09	#7
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	hth313, I will try that at this point anything is worth a try. Thanks for the suggestions.

07 December 2018, 20:11	#8
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	aleph..Would it be easier to load my SD card in WinUae instead of a hacked FS-UAE, I have a Win10 VM I can use on my Mac.

08 December 2018, 03:06	#9
MikeA3000 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Oklahoma Age: 57 Posts: 28	hth313, you are a lifesaver. That worked great!! Thanks for the tip

08 December 2018, 21:35	#10
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,919	You can also get a cheap SCSI Zip drive and also a USB Zip for the Mac and transfer onto 100MB Zip disks formatted to FAT! Works great.

09 December 2018, 02:19	#11
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,355	If you can use Windows in a VM which can see your SD card then ADFView is the easiest technique http://www.viksoe.dk/adfview/

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