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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: ElZorro on August 01, 2006, 10:52:20 AM
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[color=ff0000]HELP! LHA FILES[/color]
I have an amiga 1200, HD internal and external.
A blizzard IV with 64mb.
I had some games, the got screwed and now I want them new.
I look with my PC on the internet at Aminet. He! I can get them there again! Wow! I downloaded the games I want (Syndicated and Pinball) but they have this LHA extention.
I try to transfer them onto a Floppy disk (3,5"). But my Amiga can not read a PC formated disk, neither can my PC (XP-windows) read an Amiga formated disk. D*&$@M!
What did I do wrong? Is there somebody out there who can help me out?
Is there a web-site which can explain to a lamer like me how to get a LHA file from your PC thrue floppydisks onto my Miggy? Which available standard program(s) are/is needed?
Where can I get them? How can I get them?
Thanks Many Thanks !
Pieter :-?
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Is this a problem with the transferring of files or with unpacking .lha files ?
If you want to unpack .lha files on windows, than download winrar. If you want to transfer files with floppys than format a PC disk with 720 Kb. The amiga can than read PC floppys using crossdos or something.
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Hai Hellcoder,
That is the problem.
I need to know how to format FD with XP, it automaticly put the disk on 1,44 MB!!. I have plenty of DD disk, but not able to format it, so I can copy from PC to Amiga.
What is wrong withme? :-?
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XP can format 720 disks:
Type format a: /t:80 /n:9 in the Command prompt.
You could also format it on the Amiga when you mount pc0:
Not to be rude but you could have your answer faster; You should really use the search funtion on the forum; all this has been covered numerous times.
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Be carefull. Most PC floppy drives now are only used for reading disks, not writing. Therefore, the quality of said disk drives is not very good!
I suggest formatting a 720k disk on the Amiga using a program like Dos-2-Dos or the like then just copy the file to the disk on the PC.
Better yet, setup "Parnet" between both PC and Amiga.
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Most PC floppy drives now are only used for reading disks, not writing
well something has got to write them. I think they're OK, when compared to 20 year old Amiga FDD, even though some might argue that they are "too cheap" etc..
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Most ppl in the PC world don't even use a FDD any more!
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To UnLHA a file you'll need LHA (http://de4.aminet.net/util/arc/LhA_e138.run) on your Amiga. To pack them on your PC use LHAnt (http://de4.aminet.net/util/arc/lhant.lha) which follows the same command line syntax as the Amiga version of LHA.
To extract an LHA file on the Amiga:
lha x filename.lha drive:path/
Be sure to include that last slash after the path unless you are unpacking to the root directory of a disk becuase in that case the colon will do fine.
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OK, installed succesfully LHa on the Miggy.
Now I need the RTFM instructions.
Which character do I need, to see the list with all possible extentions/parameter?
On the PC I use to type LHA /?
How does it work with Amiga OS.
SamuraiCrow explained one parameter, but there are more,right?
Silly but true (this quest)
:-P
P
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Isn't there a readme file in the unpacked directory?
For unpacking the syntax SamuraiCrow listed will do fine though...
Just checked and when you just "lha" with nothing added you'll get a help text with every option explained!
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Why not use Wizarc on your AMIGA? It´s plain easy and doesn´t need any command-line command.