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08 October 2008, 15:15
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PC-Amiga Network Toolkit on ebay?
Does anyone know about this bit of kit on ebay?
Does it sound like a viable option for transfering Amiga disks from an Amiga 1200 with no hard drive to ADF format on the PC? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PC-AMIGA-NETWO...d=p3286.c0.m14 |
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08 October 2008, 15:45
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It looks like free software that the guy is selling with a cable.
I used a similar linkup years ago to backup/restore my A1200s harddrive when upgrading to a bigger disk. PC2Amiga is the program I was using with a null modem serial cable. Worked pretty well at the time I remember. You might be better off with a PCMCIA to flash card adapter these days. |
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08 October 2008, 16:05
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I agree - it's a little dated as a solution due to people having problems using the Parallel cable with Windows XP and the slow speed. I used it years ago with a Windows 98 machine, and the software is indeed freely available on Aminet (PC2Amiga). As a result, it's still built into my ClassicWB packs even though I doubt many use it today.
Speed is about 60-96K/s, and it can lose connections from time to time. I found it was best to archive stuff up first before sending it over. You are much better off with a PCMCIA solution or IDE-CF adaptor for transferring files. Wrote quite a bit about it here: http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/filetransfer.htm |
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08 October 2008, 18:28
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Thanks for the responses. The following method seems quite straightforward, are there any obvious limitations?
http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/file-transfer.shtml |
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08 October 2008, 22:00
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Like the guys above said, PCMCIA is the best option
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Easy-ADF-Compa...d=p3286.c0.m14 |
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09 October 2008, 10:15
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Brilliant that looks good, thanks for posting. Will this tool work without a hard drive? I have some disks to transfer from my standard A1200 which just has a floppy drive.
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09 October 2008, 18:53
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Quote:
" You do not necessarily need a hard disk to use this adapter- the floppy disk supplied is a stand-alone boot disk as well as being a hard disk installation disk. " 
Last edited by Phantomz; 09 October 2008 at 19:21. |
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09 October 2008, 19:41
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Great, think its worth a go then! Thanks for the help guys.
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