kvasarnomad wrote:
i just got a new shiny A1200 and i wanted to try somethings on aminet and i have read that in OS 3.1
you can read pc disks and i know how to activate the drivers and i know that i must use a DD disk.
i found 1! PC DD Disk it says 720kb IBM-PC
but my pc disk drive wont reconise it.
cant modern pc-drives read or write to these disks
and if i bought a hd-disk-drive for the a1200
would i be able to copy files from pc to amiga simple.
and are there any otherway of getting the files to amiga
So you found 1? floppy of 720Kb? You can use HD (1.44Mb) floppy's by using this trick:
Take a piece of sticky tape of about 1" (2.5cm) length and wrap over the one hole that has no slider in it. When looking at a floppy this way:
In the lefthand upper corner you find an arrow pointing upwards.
The righthand upper corner has a cut-off.
The lefthand lower corner contains a write protector (= slider).
The righhand lower corner has an open hole denoting it a 1.44Mb floppy.
By taping it over on both sides you effectively turn it into a 720Kb floppy after formatting as such. You can simply do this with clear tape. The mechanism used for finding out whether it's a DD or HD floppy is a real construction of mechanically moving parts and a micro-switch. No hitec light beams or whatsoever.
I use such floppy's for years now without malfunctioning!
Regards,
Tjitte
