Create Atari ST disks with Amiga

amiman99 · 03 January 2011, 18:41

Is there a program written for Amiga which lets you can write ST disk images using Amiga's floppy drives? My PC does not have floppy drive anymore, USB floppy drives don't work, and I don't want to keep second old PC just for that purpose.
Thanx

Retro1234 · 03 January 2011, 20:34

CrossDos it came with workbench 2.1 and later

-You meant .ST images, not sure

amiman99 · 04 January 2011, 04:30

Yes, .ST, I think are at about 800KB in size for double sided. I'm thinking, if you can write ADF to disk, the .ST should not be a problem, if you have correct software, which I'm looking for.

Retro1234 · 04 January 2011, 14:03

Dont Know if there is a tool that runs Direct on Amiga - But ive also been intrested in doing this for use with Chamaleon.

Tried STDISK which is a MS-DOS tool for writing .ST images under PC-Task on my A1200 and Seemed to work.
http://www.8hz.com/

Just curious is this for Chamaleon or real ST?

pandy71 · 04 January 2011, 17:12

ST disk are in similar format as PC (they use similar FDD controller - WD1772 vs uPD765 - different chips but similar idea behind them) - You can think on ST FDD as 720KB floppy from PC even with quite common file format with only minor differences.

http://info-coach.fr/atari/software/FD-Soft.php

IMO formating floppy as 720KB in Amiga should be OK.

amiman99 · 06 January 2011, 01:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

Dont Know if there is a tool that runs Direct on Amiga - But ive also been intrested in doing this for use with Chamaleon.

Tried STDISK which is a MS-DOS tool for writing .ST images under PC-Task on my A1200 and Seemed to work.
http://www.8hz.com/

Just curious is this for Chamaleon or real ST?

This is for a real STE.
I can do it on PC, but I wanted to see if is possible using Amiga. Amiga has double density drive same as Atari ST, so it should be fairly easy.

Looks like good idea using PCTask, but how do I transfer the disk image to PCTask environment?

pandy71 · 06 January 2011, 08:55

Pc0: ?

Retro1234 · 06 January 2011, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by amiman99

Looks like good idea using PCTask, but how do I transfer the disk image to PCTask environment?

I must admit when I tried STDisk under PC-Task it was quite a simple TOS friendly 720 .ST image I havent experimented with many Disk images.

With PC-Task theres a tool called PCTCrossMount that lets you mount your virtual PC-Hard drive under Workbench

or I Think PCXAFS also works under PC-Task -You can access your Amiga Hard Drives from PCTask environment -EDIT:Not sure about this one PCX is another PC emulator - theres some compatibility between the two emulators.

musojon74 · 04 December 2011, 14:51

Rather strange request this! I've not got ANY pc with a floppy drive and need to make some floppies to test out an STe I have here. Is there any way to write Atari ST disk images using my Amiga?

Thanks. I promise I won't defect!

Cheers

Muso

Oh - I see there was already a thread here. Please mods if you want to stick this on the end of that one? There was no resolution as far as I could see...

prowler · 04 December 2011, 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by musojon74

Oh - I see there was already a thread here. Please mods if you want to stick this on the end of that one? There was no resolution as far as I could see...

Thanks for spotting that, Muso. Threads merged as requested.

amiman99 · 05 December 2011, 18:02

In the mean time, I'm using old 233MHZ laptop with Win2k to create the disks, but if someone could create a program called "st2disk" which runs on Amiga I would be very happy. I myself are not capable creating such things

03 January 2011, 18:41	#1
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,185	Create Atari ST disks with Amiga Is there a program written for Amiga which lets you can write ST disk images using Amiga's floppy drives? My PC does not have floppy drive anymore, USB floppy drives don't work, and I don't want to keep second old PC just for that purpose. Thanx

04 December 2011, 14:51	#9
musojon74 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World Age: 50 Posts: 476	Rather strange request this! I've not got ANY pc with a floppy drive and need to make some floppies to test out an STe I have here. Is there any way to write Atari ST disk images using my Amiga? Thanks. I promise I won't defect! Cheers Muso Oh - I see there was already a thread here. Please mods if you want to stick this on the end of that one? There was no resolution as far as I could see... Last edited by prowler; 04 December 2011 at 20:56. Reason: Back-to-back posts merged.

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03 January 2011, 20:34	#2
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,828	CrossDos it came with workbench 2.1 and later -You meant .ST images, not sure

04 January 2011, 04:30	#3
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,185	Yes, .ST, I think are at about 800KB in size for double sided. I'm thinking, if you can write ADF to disk, the .ST should not be a problem, if you have correct software, which I'm looking for.

04 January 2011, 14:03	#4
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,828	Dont Know if there is a tool that runs Direct on Amiga - But ive also been intrested in doing this for use with Chamaleon. Tried STDISK which is a MS-DOS tool for writing .ST images under PC-Task on my A1200 and Seemed to work. http://www.8hz.com/ Just curious is this for Chamaleon or real ST?

04 January 2011, 17:12	#5
pandy71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: PL? Posts: 2,891	ST disk are in similar format as PC (they use similar FDD controller - WD1772 vs uPD765 - different chips but similar idea behind them) - You can think on ST FDD as 720KB floppy from PC even with quite common file format with only minor differences. http://info-coach.fr/atari/software/FD-Soft.php IMO formating floppy as 720KB in Amiga should be OK.

06 January 2011, 08:55	#7
pandy71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: PL? Posts: 2,891	Pc0: ?

05 December 2011, 18:02	#11
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,185	In the mean time, I'm using old 233MHZ laptop with Win2k to create the disks, but if someone could create a program called "st2disk" which runs on Amiga I would be very happy. I myself are not capable creating such things

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