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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: redrumloa on August 13, 2004, 03:27:31 AM
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Brand new shrink wrapped, boxed Aladdin 4D for all Amiga computers and *ALL* Amiga-ish compatibles. We are liquidating our final stock of this great software. Only 8 left. When it's gone, it's gone!
HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5114516796)
:-o :-o
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@ Red:
A couple questions related to some of your items:
1) Is there a way I can make a Catweasel (the zorro version you are selling) boot from floppy? I want to be able to play my original games disks.
2) Does that same Catweasel have a clockport?
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http://www.amiga-hardware.com/catweaz.html
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I am interested in purchasing this item but as I do not have a Credit
Card, will it be possible to pay cash upon receival?
Thank you and kind regards.
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Is there a way I can make a Catweasel (the zorro version you are selling) boot from floppy?
In theory yes, you would need to use either a KickflashOS4 or Algor. I say in theory because I have not tried this myself. You could ask here in the forums to see if anyone has done it yet. I see no reason why not.
2) Does that same Catweasel have a clockport?
No. It has a local expansion, but no clockport.
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will it be possible to pay cash upon receival?
Sorry no COD:-( You could pay with an international money order in US funds though, or as a last resort Western Union.
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I'm thinking about it, since the price is pretty good...
How much would shipping to the UK be?
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@X-ray
No, you cannot boot from it, you need an additional Kylwalda bootadapter for that.
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@Cyberus
It's a rather heavy, here are your shipping options.
Global Express Mail (EMS) 3 - 5 Days $34.75 (insured -recomended)
Global Priority Mail - Variable Weight 4 - 6 Days $20.00
Airmail Letter Post 4 - 7 Days $16.50
Airmail Parcel Post 4 - 10 Days $27.00 (insured)
Economy (Surface) Letter Post 4 - 10 Weeks $8.90 (NOT recomended)
@Orjan
Are you sure? Why wouldn't this be possible with a properly configured KickflashOS4? It's a good question actually.
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@Redrumloa
Bundled with the drivers to the Catweasel there are some highly experimental ( at least I call them this ) drivers which would allow the Catweasel to boot from drives connected to it, but in the manual Jens has written ( roughly ) that they are unstable at best, and if you really want to be able to boot from the PC HD floppy in your Amiga he highly recommends the Kylwalda.
Perhaps the Kickflash allows for some new drivers to be written, but with what exists today, I wouldn´t take my chances... :)
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Quote from manual regarding the different files on the driver disk:
"Beta/BootCat
Please don't use - if you want to boot, consider buying the Kylwalda bootadapter! A program to make Catweasel unit 0 bootable. It will set itself reset-proof and patch a few system routines to accomplish this. If you have more than 2 floppies connected to the standard floppy connections, df2 and df3 will disappear after reset. It will mount TD0: and TH0: This program can only be run from a Shell."
Keywords being: "Please don´t use"... :)
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All of this is offcourse completly academic, since X-Ray asked for a way to play his old floppy games.
Most of these don't work under the OS, and those that did could easily be installed to HD....
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"Beta/BootCat
That's not what I had in mind luckily:-) What I meant is have Kickflash mount the device as normal at startup. In theory this should make it just as any other device and bootable.
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@Red
Unknown... Sure, Kickflash can mount the drives for ya, but the drive(s) wont be called "DF0:", it will be called either "TD0:", "TH0:", "PD0:" or "PH0:" depending on which disk is inserted...
And besides... Most "NDOS" games hits the hardware without going by MFM.DEVICE ( MULTIDISK.DEVICE in the case of the Catweasel ) So I don´t know if this would work...
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So, gents...is this Kylwalda the real deal then? To work with non-dos disks? And more importantly is it current or no longer produced?
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@X-ray
If you by "real deal" mean "works flawlessly" then yes. I have one, and it works like a charm... It´s just like having an original Amiga drive in there... Note: If you want to boot from a PC HD floopy drive AND use high-density disks in your Amiga, you will need BOTH a Catweasel and a Kylwalda.
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/kylwalda.html
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@ Orjan...
Ah, I think I'm beginning to understand here. (Sometimes I'm a bit thick) :-P
So, who sells the Kylwalda?
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X-ray wrote:
So, who sells the Kylwalda?
The Catweasel MK4 will have it built in, but this will only be usefull to you if you own an Amiga 3000 or 40000 with a Prometheus. I'll see if I can stock it next time I order from Individual Computers, though as a stand alone they may be sold out. I'll find out. Until then, i don't know off the top of my head any store with them in stock?
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Thanks, Red.
My aim here is to future-proof my Amiga.
I'm also looking for a PIcasso Mk IV. I'm not after performance, just want to make sure that I don't have to rely on an Amiga monitor, but don't want to lose AGA modes.
Its weird 'upgrading' merely to ensure that a computer survives.
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@X-ray
You don´t have to plug it to a monitor... You can plug it to a tv aswell... :)
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@ Orjan..
Yep, I have a black Amitek modulator, but I don't want to rely on that too much either.
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3 down 5 to go:-)