Reading PC discs

23 June 2004, 15:04

Hi,

I have 2 Amigas (1200 & 600) and a PC with many adf files on it. My aim is to transfer the adf's onto Amiga disks for use on my Amiga.

I have Read the guides on the ALE web page and downloaded all of the software. I have succesfully completed the PC side of things by compressing the adf with LHA and copying it to a 720kb formated floppy.

As the guide states I have loaded workbench 3.0 up and opened a shell and typed the command:

MOUNT PC0:

to read the PC disk.

However I have tried this on 2 different Amigas with workbench v2-3 and it simply dosen't work, saying that it can't find something on the workbench disk.

This is driving me nuts.

Any clues anyone.

Thanks.

Drake1009 · 23 June 2004, 15:14

Is your workbench setup on a harddisk or run from floppies? Workbench 3 has got PC disk support, though some Amigas will not read 1.4 MB floppies.

adgloride · 24 June 2004, 00:38

Have you transferd the files in the dos driver files in the storage directory to the devs directory on workbench. The files are pc0: and pc1: if you've done this the workbench should read the pc disks automatically. Have you ever though of using whdload to put the games onto your hard drive. Its much better and faster. Whdload is what amiga hard drives were made for.

Amiga1992 · 24 June 2004, 01:00

Are you sure you have CrossDOS? In your Amiga 600 with 2.0 you surely don't.

In your 1200, try typing "mount PC0: from devs:pc0". See what happens

Eny- · 24 June 2004, 12:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Are you sure you have CrossDOS? In your Amiga 600 with 2.0 you surely don't.

In your 1200, try typing "mount PC0: from devs

c0". See what happens

"mount PC0: from devs: Pc0"

eheh

Amiga1992 · 24 June 2004, 13:23

Fixed. Stupid smilies :P

thomas · 24 June 2004, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

In your 1200, try typing "mount PC0: from devs

c0". See what happens

This won't work. There is no PC0 in DEVS: and if it was, there is no PC0 entry in it. If you want to use the "from" keyword, it has to point to a text file in mountlist format. DosDrivers are not in mountlist format (although it looks very similar).

If you don't have a HDD, the PC0 driver is on the Storage disk. Insert the Storage disk, open its icon, open DosDrivers and double click on PC0. It will then ask for the Workbench disk. Insert it and wait for disk activity to finish. If you now insert a new disk into the internal drive, two icons should apear for it: one for Amiga format and one for PC format. One of these is ghosted as the disk cannot have both formats at the same time.

Amiga1992 · 24 June 2004, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas

DosDrivers are not in mountlist format (although it looks very similar).

Too right, I was used to the old 2.05 way. Thanks for clearing that up.

spannernick · 29 August 2004, 14:14

Can i use Workbench 3.0 from the Amiga 1200 on the 600 to use the PC0 driver in the Storage disk to read PC disk to transfer files over to the amiga 600...?

It worked on the emulator(winUae)...

spannernick · 30 August 2004, 11:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by spannernick

Can i use Workbench 3.0 from the Amiga 1200 on the 600 to use the PC0 driver in the Storage disk to read PC disk to transfer files over to the amiga 600...?

It worked on the emulator(winUae)...

Well....?

spannernick · 31 August 2004, 23:14

Well i just was looking in my cuboard and found CrossDos on Amiga Format Disk called..
"The Amiga Format Collection No.8 RRP £100"
On it is Tv Text And CrossDos..
So if you can find this disk your in luck..

But i have not tested it yet ,i hope it works ok..
If anyone wants a copy of it let me know..

Galaxy · 01 September 2004, 04:21

Note: that version of CrossDOS only handles DOS 8.3 filenames (you need CrossDOS 7 if you want longer filenames (32 char limit)). It will still work, but names will be truncated, or use the Win95 short 8.3 file name mappings (with the tildes in the filename).

killergorilla · 01 September 2004, 11:00

Ah I never knew that crossdos 7 supported longer filenames...

Interesting... will look into this...

Can it be used in the exact same way as the crossdos on wb3.X, just mounting the devices and such?

It's still being sold isn't it?

23 June 2004, 15:04	#1
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Reading PC discs Hi, I have 2 Amigas (1200 & 600) and a PC with many adf files on it. My aim is to transfer the adf's onto Amiga disks for use on my Amiga. I have Read the guides on the ALE web page and downloaded all of the software. I have succesfully completed the PC side of things by compressing the adf with LHA and copying it to a 720kb formated floppy. As the guide states I have loaded workbench 3.0 up and opened a shell and typed the command: MOUNT PC0: to read the PC disk. However I have tried this on 2 different Amigas with workbench v2-3 and it simply dosen't work, saying that it can't find something on the workbench disk. This is driving me nuts. Any clues anyone. Thanks.

24 June 2004, 01:00	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,656	Are you sure you have CrossDOS? In your Amiga 600 with 2.0 you surely don't. In your 1200, try typing "mount PC0: from devs:pc0". See what happens Last edited by Amiga1992; 24 June 2004 at 13:22.

29 August 2004, 14:14	#9
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	Can i use Workbench 3.0 from the Amiga 1200 on the 600 to use the PC0 driver in the Storage disk to read PC disk to transfer files over to the amiga 600...? It worked on the emulator(winUae)... Last edited by spannernick; 29 August 2004 at 14:30.

31 August 2004, 23:14	#11
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	Well i just was looking in my cuboard and found CrossDos on Amiga Format Disk called.. "The Amiga Format Collection No.8 RRP £100" On it is Tv Text And CrossDos.. So if you can find this disk your in luck.. But i have not tested it yet ,i hope it works ok.. If anyone wants a copy of it let me know.. Last edited by spannernick; 01 September 2004 at 10:34.

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23 June 2004, 15:14	#2
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Is your workbench setup on a harddisk or run from floppies? Workbench 3 has got PC disk support, though some Amigas will not read 1.4 MB floppies.

24 June 2004, 00:38	#3
adgloride Amiga Mod Chipper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 229	Have you transferd the files in the dos driver files in the storage directory to the devs directory on workbench. The files are pc0: and pc1: if you've done this the workbench should read the pc disks automatically. Have you ever though of using whdload to put the games onto your hard drive. Its much better and faster. Whdload is what amiga hard drives were made for.

24 June 2004, 13:23	#6
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,656	Fixed. Stupid smilies :P

01 September 2004, 04:21	#12
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	Note: that version of CrossDOS only handles DOS 8.3 filenames (you need CrossDOS 7 if you want longer filenames (32 char limit)). It will still work, but names will be truncated, or use the Win95 short 8.3 file name mappings (with the tildes in the filename).

01 September 2004, 11:00	#13
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Ah I never knew that crossdos 7 supported longer filenames... Interesting... will look into this... Can it be used in the exact same way as the crossdos on wb3.X, just mounting the devices and such? It's still being sold isn't it?

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