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Offline Ilwrath

Re: Problems transferring Twin Express to Amiga A500
« on: June 23, 2004, 09:11:14 PM »
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When I try this, I get the Message: Not a DOS Disk.


That is meaning that it's not an AmigaDOS disk -- which is correct -- you're trying to read a PC disk.  What you need to do is mount the PC0: device on your Workbench 2.1 "Storage" disk.  Then you can read PC disks by using the name PC0: instead of DF0:

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P.S. I have had a look at my RAM disk on Work Bench, and it says it's full! The three folders that are on: ENV, Clipboards and T? Should I delete these?


RAM disk is always shown as 100% full.  It uses free system memory to inflate to whatever size is needed.  So, despite it being 100% full, you can still copy more stuff to it, so long as you have free memory in the computer (free RAM count is at the top of the workbench screen)

 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: Problems transferring Twin Express to Amiga A500
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2004, 09:25:35 PM »
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100% full bug in workbench


I wouldn't really call it a bug...  Since the RAM disk is only as large as its contents, its always 100% full.  The gauge is totally accurate, yet, in this case, 100% useless.  ;-)
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: Problems transferring Twin Express to Amiga A500
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2004, 02:38:35 AM »
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Damn it! I was so close to getting it sorted! I mounted the PC0: device and tried to read the disk, the only problem was that I was still typing DF0: so this was causing the same problem.


Yep.  I remember doing the same thing when learning how to use CrossDOS.  :-)  Took me a while to figure out that the same drive had different abilities by calling it different names.  ;-)

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If I manage to get the Amiga to read the disk with Twin Express on it, how do I install the program to the ramdisk?


Well, that depends.  You probably don't need to "install" it, per se.  If it's just an executable, it should run from anywhere.  

If it's a .lha file, you'll have to uncompress it, and copy the files to their proper locations on your (copy of -- not the original! -- always use backups!) Workbench disk.  

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I was told it would have to be coverted to a ADZ file, because the ADF file is to big to fit on a 720KB disk, is this true?


AFAIK, an ADZ is just a zipped ADF file.  And you are correct that a standard ADF of an 880KB disk won't fit on a PC 720KB disk.