Downloading amiga games

[Tomas]

Rich_Pags wrote:
hello this is my first post

I was wondering if i can download amiga games and put them onto floppy disk and run the game on my Amiga 500

is this possible?

if anyone can help me i will be very greatful

thanks

I assume you have kickstart/workbench 1.2/1.3? If so, then you have to transfer a program like messydos or similar over to your a500 using a serial cable. This program will enable your amiga to read pc formatted floppies, so you can just put the adf files on a pc floppy and run a small program om the a500 to write them onto a disk.

If you have kickstart 2.x with wb2.1, then you already have crossdos included with your worbench that enables your amiga to read dos format floppies.

[Tomas]

adz wrote:

melott wrote:
He can transfer the file between the PC and the Amiga
using a Null Modem. Its really fairly easy.
Just run a Dos Term prg. on the PC and a Term prg. on
the Amiga. I used JR Com on my A500 and TelTerm on the PC.
Worked great. Should still be able to buy a Null Modem
at Radio Shack for just a few bucks ($5 to $10).

Far too slow if you ask me. Might as well go with emulation altogether.

Well, all he needs to do is transfer a program that makes the a500 read dos floppies.. once that program is transferred, then he can just put the adf files on a standard 720k floppy..

This is what i have done myself... and i have now probably transferred like 100 demos/games to my good old a500