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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: trekiej on January 13, 2015, 04:25:48 PM

Title: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 13, 2015, 04:25:48 PM

Has anyone controlled an PC from an Amiga?
After hooking an Amiga to a PC via parallel port could one hook the Amiga Serial Port to a PC PS2 port?

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 13, 2015, 04:27:59 PM

I believe there's an RDP app floating around somewhere that would allow you full control.  What is it that you're trying to do?

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 13, 2015, 04:40:46 PM

It is basically a curiosity from the days of parnet cable, etc.
Okay, I would like to make a PC a sort of coprocessor.
Maybe I could have two monitors or one pc monitor and have the Amiga display on it.
I thought I would cause trouble and stuff like that. :D

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 13, 2015, 04:41:45 PM

Maybe, the PC could have Amithlon on it.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 13, 2015, 04:46:30 PM

Good luck with your project.  ;)

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: Rabbi on January 13, 2015, 05:53:51 PM

The Siamese System, using a SCSI connection, was a better solution at the time:

http://cd.textfiles.com/amigama/amigama199807/WWW/Blittersoft/orig/siamese.htm

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 14, 2015, 01:30:26 AM

That would be awesome.
I wonder if a tv card in linux is a good alternative.
I wish there was a minimig that would fit into a 3.5" drive bay.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 14, 2015, 01:36:49 AM

@Mike: Thanks, I have other projects I hope to do this year.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: kolla on January 14, 2015, 02:12:58 AM

I have used Amiga to control remote machines for ages through various dirty tricks. For example I have somewhere a module for DOpus 5.x to play music files on the Amiga on for example a Linux machine. It uses a dopus lister as playlist and has buttons for play, pause, stop, skip back and forth, volume up and down etc.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: kolla on January 14, 2015, 02:18:40 AM

With UAE on Linux I make so called fifo files with attached daemon scripts that listens for data and commands from the Amiga side. Also you can expose /sys and /proc for the emulator and pretty much control the entire kernel from within UAE.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on January 14, 2015, 02:35:29 AM

Have you tried TwinVNC. Available on Aminet and free on PC.
I downloaded it but didn't get it working.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: Duce on January 14, 2015, 02:41:58 AM

Works fine with a VNC/RDP client/server setup.

Title: Re: Amiga to PC
Post by: trekiej on January 14, 2015, 02:52:15 AM

@Duce What is the Amiga side requirements?

Has anyone tried these?
http://www.hd-zone.com/remote-desktop/