I found an old hard drive backup that contained s163011.dms and s163012.dms from the Wayback Machine site in my previous post. I can confirm that they're the same v3.01 disks that are now available here.

Based on an older version of the site in the Wayback Machine, it seems like the site author intended to offer 3.01a for download. Unfortunately, the links on that version of the page point nowhere so we don't know if that download was ever functional.

The author of the site and the author of the FAQ (the FAQ version on youngmonkey.ca is an older one) are the same person and it seems like he's pretty knowledgeable. It looks like it was always his intention was to offer the last version available, and his 3.01 is labeled as such, even though it's not labeled 3.01a. But it still doesn't definitively answer whether 3.01 and 3.01a are the same thing...

Hi there guys.

I have a couple of questions that I was hoping that you could shed some
light on for me please.

Background:
I have a stock A-1200 and approx 300+ floppy disks that I'd like to transfer
to my main Linux PC.

After a bit of research I have bought a Null-modem cable (it's supposed to
have full handshaking DB-25 tp DE-9).
With a DE-9 to USB to connect to the Linux box.

It then occurred to me, that I also need to display my Amgia on "something"
in order to launch WB, run commands, etc, etc.

However my old Commodore 1084s monitor is long gone.

I currently have the following display devices:

2 x Acer AL 1914 sm
2 x Dell 1908 FPBL (which are provided by work)
2 x Acer AL 1714 sm

All connected via VGA

1 x Sony TV = Sony KDL-40CX523

I have had a quick google, and although its not conclusive
I dont think that these devices would show a 15 Khz signal from my Amiga

Q1. Will any of these devices be able to show images generated by my Amiga ?

(I'm not looking to do any gaming on them, just enought to get into WB
run some commands, and get my floppy disks transferred accross to my
main Linux PC)


Q2. (If these monitors cant display a 15 Khz signal)
What are my next best options please ?


TIA for any help or advice.

Cool product! Okay, goofy question....  after programming in ROM images, can the physical ROMs be removed from the motherboard? The reason I ask is that it might make it easier to fit an Elbox FastATA under the keyboard (which has always been a real tight squeeze). Which begs the question, has this been tested with a FastATA? The FPU option is a nice touch! Good work AmigaKit!   

Hi again Laura, Please make sure that both holes are covered on the 1.44mb disk when you format using your external USB drive.

Then using Win 7 (which is what I used with my test).....

Click the Start Button and type CMD. Right click on CMD and “run as administrator”.

Type:    format A: /FS:FAT /T:80 /N:9   this will format the 1.44 floppy as 720K.

Name the disk TEST or something. That's all that is needed to then read the disk on the Amiga (after firing up CrossDoss).

This work perfectly for me.   

Hi GiZmo, I had a great Thanksgiving, thanks! Hope you did too! 

The versions of OS X I used are High Sierra and Catalina, but I must specify that for this task I'm mainly using Windows 7, either running in dual boot or in a virtual machine. I tried so many times to format floppy disks to 720k in the Command Prompt with the same command you wrote in your post, to no avail (I can successfully format them with the regular Format a: command, but that’s about it). I also tried with Format a: /f:720, but I always get the same error: “Parameters not supported”. Just in case, I installed XP on the virtual machine and tried the same procedure, but still got the same error.

I made sure to put back the piece of black tape to cover the second hole of the floppy disks each time I inserted them into the disk drive of my Amiga, but I’d still get the "DF0:BAD" or "DF0:DOSc" icons. When I saw the "DF0:DOSc" icon I though "Well well, that's an improvement" and immediately launched CrossDOS, but obviously my excitement was short lived when nothing changed after loading Attach.DI0 (Amiga asks me to switch between the Workbench floppy and the CrossDOS one at least 4 times just for completing this task!). Those floppy disks can still be formatted successfully in their original format on the Amiga after covering the second hole, and under Windows with the Format a: command after removing the piece of tape, but that’s all I can do. I cannot format them to 720k, nor can my Amiga read them afterwards. I’m basically stuck.

At this point I believe the culprit is my cheap external Mitsumi USB floppy drive: it's either defective, too new, or incompatible. The reason why I'm saying this is also because while I’m having those problems in Windows, Mac OS doesn’t even recognize this FDD and it doesn’t show up under Disk Utility.
I was watching some old USB floppy drives such as the LACIE Pocket 706018 MyFloppy3 that I read on some forums should do the trick; instead I decided to go ahead and purchase a Gotek drive because I am not willing at the moment to waste more time and money for a device that I don’t even know for sure if it will solve my problem. And believe me, I’m not too happy about this. I was hoping for a more “traditional” (translation: old fashioned) way to transfer adf files from computer to Amiga, but I guess I’ll have to accept this arrangement until the day I’ll be able to find/afford another Amiga 1200.


PS: Wish I could find a purist who hates their Amiga 1200 so much to the point they would trade it for my classic Amiga 500 with original floppy drive, box, internal Gotek drive, UK power supply (that I don't need because I use my US version), and memory expansion included. I would gladly part from it, and even add the original Amiga tank mouse as a gift...I'm sure they would have the experience to enjoy this A500 much more than I do