USB/PCMCIA PC<>Amiga transfer

Djay · 21 April 2006, 01:08

hey all, its been ages since i was active on EAB, but my Amiga thirst has returned (i also found my login details...lol)

i have since replaced my desktop with a fairly sexy sony viao laptop, but it has no parallel port...

has there been a link cable produced that works on XP, either USB or PCMCIA will do!

cheers for any information...

i really need to transfer some adf to my *real* amiga

PS... i promise to be a *regular* again,

patrik · 21 April 2006, 07:54

A PCMCIA network card would be the best solution IMHO as it will be the most compatible and fastest option by far. It wont set you back more than a few pennies either

. You can use a NE2000-compatible, a 3Com 3c589 based or a wireless Prism2 based card.

See here for more info:
cnet.device
3c589.device
prism2.device
AmiTCP 3.0b2 Installation guide

(edit):

When you wrote PCMCIA, I assumed you were talking about the PCMCIA-port of your A600/A1200, which is why I started talking about PCMCIA network cards for your Amiga. But when reading it again, it actually sounds like you were talking about the PCMCIA-port of your Vaio

.

rare_j · 21 April 2006, 14:21

If you have a PCMCIA port on the amiga you can use a compactflash card with pcmcia-adapter. the amiga can read a compact flash card no probs with cfd.lha and fat95.lha off aminet.

Paul · 21 April 2006, 15:18

Thread moved to prb.Hardware

Welcome back DJay

Djay · 21 April 2006, 22:56

sorry for sounding dumb, but if amiga needs... cfd.lha and fat95.lha how to i get them to my a600 in the first place?

but that does sound like the best solution!

adf creation (amiga side) would be handy also...

and...

that for welcome!

amigakit.com · 22 April 2006, 00:05

Welcome

We stock the PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter with all necessary software on floppy disk supplied

Also PCMCIA Networking Kit.

Do you have a hard disk in your A600?

Djay · 22 April 2006, 01:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by amigakit.com

Welcome

We stock the PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter with all necessary software on floppy disk supplied

Also PCMCIA Networking Kit.

Do you have a hard disk in your A600?

I do have a HD for my A600

how much is it and do you accept paypal?

Also, do you a cheap compact flash card available?

As i dont really need a network solution, the cf solution looks like a quicker solution

Cheers muchly

thomas · 22 April 2006, 09:06

Quote:

how much is it and do you accept paypal?

The blue underlined text parts are links you can click on ;-)

amigakit.com · 22 April 2006, 11:49

Paypal is OK.

The PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter has options to add CF cards to it-e.g. 128MB CF = +£4.99 (Other sizes are available)

DaMi · 23 April 2006, 00:54

Hello, does anybody know what is the max transfer rate of the internal Amiga IDE bus? I ask because I intend to replace my old 366MB harddrive in my A1200 with a CF card. I know there is possible to buy a reduction, but I am not sure which CF card should I buy for it. Some cards are slower (40×) and some pretty fast (over 100×). What speed do you recommend?

thomas · 23 April 2006, 10:52

@DaMi. the internal IDE bus does not make more than 2MB/s (14x).

rare_j · 23 April 2006, 12:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Djay

adf creation (amiga side) would be handy also...

TSgui is what you need to read and write adf files to and from disks.
It's on Aminet here: http://www.aminet.net/package.php?pa...misc/tsgui.lha

Get your compactflash stuff installed from amigakit first. To unpack lha files you can use winrar on the pc.

InTheSand · 25 April 2006, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMi

...I intend to replace my old 366MB harddrive in my A1200 with a CF card....

You can do this via a simple adaptor, but be aware that CF cards only have limited write cycles... If you're doing a lot of stuff on your Amiga that involves repeated writing and erasing, your CF card may not last as long as you expect...

Then again, CF cards are cheap enough for the small ones!

- Ali

DaMi · 28 April 2006, 19:06

Thanks for information @InTheSand and @thomas. I already keep the adaptor and the next week I am going to buy a CF card. I appreciate low voltage consumption and silence working. One of my basic rules how to safe work with computers is regular data backuping. So, I am not afraid of some future CF malfunctions :-).

21 April 2006, 01:08	#1
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	USB/PCMCIA PC<>Amiga transfer hey all, its been ages since i was active on EAB, but my Amiga thirst has returned (i also found my login details...lol) i have since replaced my desktop with a fairly sexy sony viao laptop, but it has no parallel port... has there been a link cable produced that works on XP, either USB or PCMCIA will do! cheers for any information... i really need to transfer some adf to my real amiga PS... i promise to be a regular again,

21 April 2006, 07:54	#2
patrik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Umeå Age: 43 Posts: 924	A PCMCIA network card would be the best solution IMHO as it will be the most compatible and fastest option by far. It wont set you back more than a few pennies either . You can use a NE2000-compatible, a 3Com 3c589 based or a wireless Prism2 based card. See here for more info: cnet.device 3c589.device prism2.device AmiTCP 3.0b2 Installation guide (edit): When you wrote PCMCIA, I assumed you were talking about the PCMCIA-port of your A600/A1200, which is why I started talking about PCMCIA network cards for your Amiga. But when reading it again, it actually sounds like you were talking about the PCMCIA-port of your Vaio . Last edited by patrik; 21 April 2006 at 08:19.

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21 April 2006, 14:21	#3
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	If you have a PCMCIA port on the amiga you can use a compactflash card with pcmcia-adapter. the amiga can read a compact flash card no probs with cfd.lha and fat95.lha off aminet.

21 April 2006, 15:18	#4
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	Thread moved to prb.Hardware Welcome back DJay

21 April 2006, 22:56	#5
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	sorry for sounding dumb, but if amiga needs... cfd.lha and fat95.lha how to i get them to my a600 in the first place? but that does sound like the best solution! adf creation (amiga side) would be handy also... and... that for welcome!

22 April 2006, 00:05	#6
amigakit.com Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.amigakit.com Posts: 2,017	Welcome We stock the PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter with all necessary software on floppy disk supplied Also PCMCIA Networking Kit. Do you have a hard disk in your A600?

22 April 2006, 11:49	#9
amigakit.com Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.amigakit.com Posts: 2,017	Paypal is OK. The PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter has options to add CF cards to it-e.g. 128MB CF = +£4.99 (Other sizes are available)

23 April 2006, 00:54	#10
DaMi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Prague/The Czech Republic Age: 49 Posts: 36	Hello, does anybody know what is the max transfer rate of the internal Amiga IDE bus? I ask because I intend to replace my old 366MB harddrive in my A1200 with a CF card. I know there is possible to buy a reduction, but I am not sure which CF card should I buy for it. Some cards are slower (40×) and some pretty fast (over 100×). What speed do you recommend?

23 April 2006, 10:52	#11
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,995	@DaMi. the internal IDE bus does not make more than 2MB/s (14x).

28 April 2006, 19:06	#14
DaMi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Prague/The Czech Republic Age: 49 Posts: 36	Thanks for information @InTheSand and @thomas. I already keep the adaptor and the next week I am going to buy a CF card. I appreciate low voltage consumption and silence working. One of my basic rules how to safe work with computers is regular data backuping. So, I am not afraid of some future CF malfunctions :-).

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