Virtual Disk Drive from WinUAE Code

Zak · 23 April 2021, 18:41

I always wondered if it was possible to create a virtual disk drive from WinUAE code for real Amigas and Workbench 3.x.
It would simulate DF1: or maybe even override DF0: under Workbench and you would just insert an ADF and read the data from it.
It would work a lot like the disk drives in WinUAE. And since at one point in the 90's I owned an UAE version for real Amigas and if that code still exists, it wouldn't be necessary to program from scratch. And I have never found anything like that working simply and userfriendly and it would be so much needed.

thomas · 23 April 2021, 18:49

There are plenty of them on Aminet.

fmsdisk.device
file.device
diskimage.device

to name only a few.

Zak · 23 April 2021, 19:12

O.k., I just didn't get about to use them yet. Device, are those drivers for anything or real executables?

coldacid · 24 April 2021, 03:30

They let you mount disk images within Amiga OS and have them appear as regular drives.

dalek · 24 April 2021, 11:08

How have you not seen GoADF! yet?

Zak · 24 April 2021, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by dalek

How have you not seen GoADF! yet?

No I haven't, thanks. I mostly used emulation for more than 20 years now and only get my Amigas out of the attic for special days of some special years due to limited space. Only few time to try new software. More than 20 years ago, there were no virtual drives.

Retro1234 · 24 April 2021, 21:15

why can't we have a floppy emulator based on UAE but none of the other emulation like a virtual machine/shapeshifter type thing to run floppys including gamez?

thomas · 24 April 2021, 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zak

More than 20 years ago, there were no virtual drives.

You must have been sleeping. fmsdisk is from 1997, xfs from 1999. cdromemu is even from 1994.

Zak · 24 April 2021, 22:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas

You must have been sleeping. fmsdisk is from 1997, xfs from 1999. cdromemu is even from 1994.

Maybe, but it's also not what I am searching for after looking at it. I don't want to mount a single ADF as drive, I want a GUI that I just start with a F-key and then just insert an ADF and go. With easy disk swapping. More what Retro1234 said, a floppy simulator.

I think GoADF is more like that.

Retro1234 · 24 April 2021, 22:51

I mean we have WHDload and floppy mounters are great but none can emulate df0: and boot games etc.

23 April 2021, 18:41	#1
Zak Zap´em Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596	Virtual Disk Drive from WinUAE Code I always wondered if it was possible to create a virtual disk drive from WinUAE code for real Amigas and Workbench 3.x. It would simulate DF1: or maybe even override DF0: under Workbench and you would just insert an ADF and read the data from it. It would work a lot like the disk drives in WinUAE. And since at one point in the 90's I owned an UAE version for real Amigas and if that code still exists, it wouldn't be necessary to program from scratch. And I have never found anything like that working simply and userfriendly and it would be so much needed.

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23 April 2021, 18:49	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	There are plenty of them on Aminet. fmsdisk.device file.device diskimage.device to name only a few.

23 April 2021, 19:12	#3
Zak Zap´em Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596	O.k., I just didn't get about to use them yet. Device, are those drivers for anything or real executables?

24 April 2021, 03:30	#4
coldacid WinUAE 4000/40, V4SA Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: East of Oshawa Posts: 538	They let you mount disk images within Amiga OS and have them appear as regular drives.

24 April 2021, 11:08	#5
dalek Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: NSW/Australia Posts: 462	How have you not seen GoADF! yet?

24 April 2021, 21:15	#7
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	why can't we have a floppy emulator based on UAE but none of the other emulation like a virtual machine/shapeshifter type thing to run floppys including gamez?

24 April 2021, 22:51	#10
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	I mean we have WHDload and floppy mounters are great but none can emulate df0: and boot games etc.

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