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Offline Orjan

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Re: Restocking Individual Computers items, requests? CD32
« on: July 16, 2008, 08:20:29 PM »
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It is my understanding that this arrangement will work with the Catweasle installed in an Amiga, or in a PC where the Catweasle is used under emulation.  Amiga Hardware Database site states:

"Can also integrate an ISA Catweasel with a PC floppy controller."

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The addition of the Kylwalda to a Catweasle is the only way to boot from a Catweasle controlled floppy drive.


Edit: Forgot to type anything..  :lol:

Anyway, just looked at the manual from when I had a Kylwalda of my own attached to my catweasel in my 3000. It does state that it can be configured to function when connected to an ISA Catweasel mounted in a PC or Draco, but it doesnt give any examples of how to use this combination.

The Kylwalda is indeed made in order to allow booting of disks from a standard PC drive in an Amiga, and can be used without the Catweasel. However, using a Kylwalda with a Catweasel, and not connecting the Kylwalda to the internal floppy controller of the Amiga wouldn´t accomplish anything, since the Kylwalda only acts as a pass-through when the Kylwaldas drivers has been loaded. And the catweasel wont function at all until the drivers are loaded.

Granted, I can´t test what you are suggesting, but at the same time I can´t think of a reason why it should work.
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Re: Restocking Individual Computers items, requests? CD32
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 08:06:26 PM »
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amigadave wrote:
I just read that when paired with the Catweasle, it allows booting from the connected PC floppy drive...


In order to get the Amiga to boot from a PC floppy drive, you don´t need the Catweasel at all, only the Kylwalda. Its only an adaptor between the Amiga floppy controller and the PC floppy to make the drive work with the Amiga.

The Catweasel allows the drive to be used as a HD Amiga drive once the AmigaOS drivers for it has been loaded. At this point the Kylwalda (or the Catweasel, unsure) blocks the Amiga floppy controller from accessing the drive at all.
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