cf-card for Amiga600/1200

[alphadec]

Where do I find cf cards that can be used with a pcmcia adapter on amiga600 or 1200.

I know Amiga can only accept 16 bit cards but where do I find them. ?

goal is to use them as a storage device, if that is possible.

[alphadec]

Take whatever CF card you find, the PCMCIA adapter is passive and all normal CF cards still follows the specifications and can be used. (there are a few changes to the later DMA cards and there are some problems with some cards when used as PATA drives but that wont effect the PCMCIA use you need it for).

Are you planning to use a CF card with FAT and have the software needed?

When I try them in my A1200 all I get is "write protected" but there is no lock on the cf cards so thought it was becouse they was not compatible.

[alphadec]

Did you get it all up and running?

I have installed both files but the cf card shows up as "no disk present" when I use "info" from shell.

[alphadec]

Are you sure that the passive adapter is a 16 bit card? What CF/PCMCIA adapter are you using?

Can you see the CF card in WinUAE?

Edit: Also what brands and sizes of cards are you using? Cheapo crapo cards from ebay (are even fake labeled ones there) are something to stay away from.

What I like to use it for is a storage device so I can copy files from windows to my amiga1200 (that was the plan).

When I read the fat95 read me it say I must write the mountlist myself is there anyone who have amount list that works for fat95. ?

[alphadec]

what happens if you double click /devs/CF0?

"CF0: is mounted"

[alphadec]

Still "no disk present"?

Do a fresh format of the cards on another machine and try again (be sure not to NTFS, exFAT, EXT*, JFS, XFS etc format them).

I know people have had trouble with CF cards, but as long as I stay at the bigger brands I have had zero problems with em for PCMCIA but some won't work as a PATA device.


Kingston works great for me, but honestly I probably have near 100 CF cards and all big brand cards worked without any problem for me, some shady questionable brands cheap out on the onboard controller and won't work on the miggy but all others I have tried works flawless :S

What cards are they? Size and brands?

Edit: also try the other version of CDF on aminet.

I tried to format it in win7 in a program called SDFormater. When I now put this in my A1200 the icon "CF0:NDOS" comes up.

So then there is something with the fat read on my A1200.

Clues. ?

PS. Card is a verbatim (2GB)

[alphadec]

I have a 256MB FAT95-formatted SD card that I occasionally use for transferring files between my Amiga and PC (I have card readers in both, so I just pop from one to the other).  I set it up last year sometime, but having absolutely no experience with FAT95 prior to that, I can tell you I found it an absolutely infuriating head-scratcher of a PITA.  Much more difficult than it needed to be, with no clear online instructions or guides available anywhere.  :angry:

Hang tight, if you're unable to figure it out I'll try to make some screenshots of my config for you later today, might help?  Good luck!

Love to see some screenshots of your config.

[alphadec]

Did you actually try and format it on the amiga, when it came up as ndos?
If it still doesnt format it, then it will more than likely not be compatible.


@Mike
Your posting that yours works fine, but your using USB. Not PCMCIA.
They are completely different and will work differently with different cards.

Yes I have tried to format the NDOS icon that comes up when inserting the pcmcia with the cf card inserted.

But I get a error message

So what can be used on amigaOS formated in FFS. ?

Or what cards is compatible. ?

[alphadec]

@alphadec - Do you have any expansion cards on your A1200? Ram expansions or CPU expansions etc that might conflict with the PCMCIA? If yes, remove and see if it works.

No there is nothing installed other then a IDE HD other then that nothing.