13 December 2019, 12:57 | #1 |
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Using an external USB floppy-drive to boot games?
Would it be possible to link an external USB floppy-drive with WinUAE to enable the emulator to read a (PC) disk with an .adf and boot it directly from the drive as soon as something is inserted?
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Why would you do this and not just load the .ADF? |
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13 December 2019, 13:14 | #3 |
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Well, I had that silly idea earlier this week to just copy an .adf image onto a standard disk (readable by Windows 10 via USB floppy drive) and have WinUAE boot it - just as if I inserted a disk into a normal Amiga. All for nostalgia. I thought it would be worth a shot to ask around if it's actually possible
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13 December 2019, 13:31 | #4 |
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It is only technically possible. In reality it isn't working like you probably expect it to work..
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14 December 2019, 14:05 | #5 |
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Thanks for taking the time to answer! If you say so, I know it isn't possible just like that
It would also not be very be practicable. WinUAE would have to be in a permanent waiting state for a disk to be entered and the .adf file "inserted" via disk inside the external drive would have to be recognised the moment it is put in as a fresh disk to boot from. There won't be any real need for a function like that and it's a bit of an overkill I guess. |
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