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Title: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: nickoteen on May 16, 2015, 11:17:51 AM

Hi.
 Is there a utility which would allow me to stick a 3.5" dd floppy into my Amiga and format it so I can read it on my C64 / 1581 drive ?
 
 Browsing Aminet but am unable to find anything.
 Mybe I'm punching in the wrong words.
 
 thanks.

Title: Re: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: Amiga_CDTV on May 16, 2015, 12:19:04 PM

I think I once used this myself to write .d81- images to floppies on Amiga:
http://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/c1581

Title: Re: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: JimDrew on May 16, 2015, 07:04:20 PM

1581 disks are in standard MFM/PC format.  You would need a filesystem handler for the Amiga in order to handle the 1581 layout though.  I think there was one back in the day.

Title: Re: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: Jiffy on May 17, 2015, 12:43:22 PM

Search for '1581' on Aminet and you will find all files you need.

Title: Re: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: mechy on May 18, 2015, 02:36:10 AM

Quote from: nickoteen;789387

Hi.
 Is there a utility which would allow me to stick a 3.5" dd floppy into my Amiga and format it so I can read it on my C64 / 1581 drive ?
 
 Browsing Aminet but am unable to find anything.
 Mybe I'm punching in the wrong words.
 
 thanks.

look for c1581:

http://aminet.net/search?query=c1581

you might also check out copy1581.

Title: Re: Formatting a 1581 floppy using Amiga ?
Post by: nickoteen on May 18, 2015, 06:38:31 PM

Thanks to all ...