Some help needed with pc to amiga

penfold_t_mole · 01 December 2009, 01:45

Not really sure where to start with is so i've come to this website.

I have an amiga 1200 with 1 gig hard drive and a massive collection of games that are not hard drive installable but i have every amiga game ever made on my pc and from what ive seen theres a lot of hd installers out there. How do i put games and hd installers from my pc to my Amiga 1200?

musojon74 · 01 December 2009, 10:10

Yo penfold! Check this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ight=musojon74
If you have a hd use that instead of a floppy. You need to install crossdos first! By copying pc0 from storage/dosdrivers to edge/dosdrivers. Hope this helps, if you need it less techie ill help after work

good luck.

Jonathan Drain · 01 December 2009, 20:29

WHDLoad for hard drive installers. To copy data between Amiga and PC, the popular solution nowadays is compact flash with a PCMCIA compact flash reader. (SD card readers may work too, though I haven't tested it).

If all you have on the PC side is a floppy disk drive, I've written a guide called How do I transfer Amiga disks?

fitzsteve · 01 December 2009, 22:24

Easiest way to do this IMHO is to whip out the hard drive connect it to a PC (I use a USB-IDE converter)

There you can use winuae to transfer all your files.

Get the pre installed WHDLoad packs at the link below:

http://kg.whdownload.com/kgwhd/

Have fun!

Steve.

penfold_t_mole · 02 December 2009, 05:09

Wow, Cheers guys. Looks like i have a good few options. I also have another qestion,, i had no idea that the hard drives were the same on pc and amiga, does this mean i can use an old 20 gig hard i have from my pc and put it in my amiga?

fitzsteve · 02 December 2009, 09:06

The hard drive in an Amiga 1200 is usually a 2.5 inch laptop type hard drive which is why you need an adapter to plug it into a PC. So if you have an old Laptop lying around (I had an old IBM 600) take the hard drive out of that and you will be able to use it in the Amiga.

You will only be able to use the first 4gb though in partitions up to 2gb due to restrictions in the Amiga file system.

Again you can do all you work in winuae and transfer the imaged hard drive to the Amiga at the end.

Steve.

ck1200 · 02 December 2009, 12:18

Something i also needed clarification on for future reference, thanks for the info

Chris

penfold_t_mole · 06 December 2009, 04:09

cheers guys. just got an hd image with pre loaded games and demos. It looks great and works well in winuae so all i need now is a hard drive to put it on. Also looks like i need to buy a key for hdload, after playing a few games its now saying i have to register. That brings up another question, i cant seem to find where i could enter a reg key, anyone any ideas?

Graham Humphrey · 06 December 2009, 11:21

When you register, you get emailed a keyfile which you just put in S, or C, or whatever you prefer by the looks of it.

fitzsteve · 06 December 2009, 12:59

Hi,

Register here:

http://www.whdload.de/reg.html

And the Key files will be emailed to you.

From the readme with my key: (I put mine in 'S')

The location for this key is variable.
WHDLoad searchs for the key in the following order:

S:
L:
DEVS:
LIBS:
PROGDIR: (the directory where WHDLoad is located)
path in environment variable KEYPATH
path in environment variable KEYFILES

Just copy the key in one of these directories.

Steve.

01 December 2009, 01:45	#1
penfold_t_mole Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottingham Posts: 61	Some help needed with pc to amiga Not really sure where to start with is so i've come to this website. I have an amiga 1200 with 1 gig hard drive and a massive collection of games that are not hard drive installable but i have every amiga game ever made on my pc and from what ive seen theres a lot of hd installers out there. How do i put games and hd installers from my pc to my Amiga 1200?

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01 December 2009, 10:10	#2
musojon74 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World Age: 50 Posts: 476	Yo penfold! Check this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ight=musojon74 If you have a hd use that instead of a floppy. You need to install crossdos first! By copying pc0 from storage/dosdrivers to edge/dosdrivers. Hope this helps, if you need it less techie ill help after work good luck.

01 December 2009, 20:29	#3
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	WHDLoad for hard drive installers. To copy data between Amiga and PC, the popular solution nowadays is compact flash with a PCMCIA compact flash reader. (SD card readers may work too, though I haven't tested it). If all you have on the PC side is a floppy disk drive, I've written a guide called How do I transfer Amiga disks?

01 December 2009, 22:24	#4
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Easiest way to do this IMHO is to whip out the hard drive connect it to a PC (I use a USB-IDE converter) There you can use winuae to transfer all your files. Get the pre installed WHDLoad packs at the link below: http://kg.whdownload.com/kgwhd/ Have fun! Steve.

02 December 2009, 05:09	#5
penfold_t_mole Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottingham Posts: 61	Wow, Cheers guys. Looks like i have a good few options. I also have another qestion,, i had no idea that the hard drives were the same on pc and amiga, does this mean i can use an old 20 gig hard i have from my pc and put it in my amiga?

02 December 2009, 09:06	#6
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	The hard drive in an Amiga 1200 is usually a 2.5 inch laptop type hard drive which is why you need an adapter to plug it into a PC. So if you have an old Laptop lying around (I had an old IBM 600) take the hard drive out of that and you will be able to use it in the Amiga. You will only be able to use the first 4gb though in partitions up to 2gb due to restrictions in the Amiga file system. Again you can do all you work in winuae and transfer the imaged hard drive to the Amiga at the end. Steve.

02 December 2009, 12:18	#7
ck1200 CBM & Retro Mad Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Wales/Wirral Uk Age: 42 Posts: 611	Something i also needed clarification on for future reference, thanks for the info Chris

06 December 2009, 04:09	#8
penfold_t_mole Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottingham Posts: 61	cheers guys. just got an hd image with pre loaded games and demos. It looks great and works well in winuae so all i need now is a hard drive to put it on. Also looks like i need to buy a key for hdload, after playing a few games its now saying i have to register. That brings up another question, i cant seem to find where i could enter a reg key, anyone any ideas?

06 December 2009, 11:21	#9
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	When you register, you get emailed a keyfile which you just put in S, or C, or whatever you prefer by the looks of it.

06 December 2009, 12:59	#10
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hi, Register here: http://www.whdload.de/reg.html And the Key files will be emailed to you. From the readme with my key: (I put mine in 'S') The location for this key is variable. WHDLoad searchs for the key in the following order: S: L: DEVS: LIBS: PROGDIR: (the directory where WHDLoad is located) path in environment variable KEYPATH path in environment variable KEYFILES Just copy the key in one of these directories. Steve.

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