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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: viviancer on November 06, 2003, 03:25:10 PM

Title: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: viviancer on November 06, 2003, 03:25:10 PM

HI to all of you!
 I have amiga floppy drive and some old games and stuff . How can i connect that floppy to PC without having any other hardware  and  save them on PC or from Pc to save to amiga format without Crossdos or stuff like that .
                 Thanks :-?

Title: Re: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: Cyberus on November 06, 2003, 03:26:46 PM

Catweasel is the only way I know....

Title: Re: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: Cyberus on November 06, 2003, 03:29:15 PM

See here
http://www.jschoenfeld.de/products/cwmk3_e.htm (http://www.jschoenfeld.de/products/cwmk3_e.htm)

Title: Re: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: odin on November 06, 2003, 04:12:56 PM

Wasn't there some hack on Aminet which allows you to read Amiga disks on a stock PC using 2 PC diskdrives in some weird way?

Title: Re: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: Piru on November 06, 2003, 06:43:45 PM

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Wasn't there some hack on Aminet which allows you to read Amiga disks on a stock PC using 2 PC diskdrives in some weird way?

Disk2FDI (http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/)

Also read Reading Amiga Floppy Disks on PC (http://cloanto.com/kb/3-118.html).

Title: Re: How to connect amiga disk drive to pc(without extra hardware)?
Post by: odin on November 06, 2003, 07:48:03 PM

Ah yes..that's the one. Shame it doesn't work on NT derivatives :-/.