Networking Amiga <> PC

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1. how exactly do you network your A to PC? using a pcmcia card - can someone give me a simplified stepbystep guide of how they did it personally?

2. how can you connect your Amiga via a serial connection - step by step if can?

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its just i have heard that connecting amiga to pc is hard to do??

so, is setting up a serial connection easy?

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i have the explore. i just dont know what the null cable is. may have a look around for one

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so the ends of the nullmodem cable - what are they?

serial... parallel?

thanks !

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amije wrote:

moominpapa wrote:
Look up Null modem in ebay and you'll get loads of results.

the cost of p&p would be 3 times the value of this cable from a shop. cool down boys :crazy:


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the best solution for an a1200 is this pcmcia baby :-)

the best solution = pcmcia - yeah i know, but is it just as easy to use pcmcia than null cable? i hear it is hard to use pcmcia.... ?

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excellent. thanks. i really would prefer PCMCIA anyway because i can then use the internet. in fact, there is a list of things i need:

- PCMCIA card
- 3.1 ROMS
 - 3.5 OS (cannot really afford 3.9/4.0 ***1)
- CD DRIVE (probo use my PC one though)
 - a FEW 3.5" to 2.5" IDE cables!

***1 think i will be ok with 3.5?

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so for the difference in price is it really worth going from 3.5 to 3.9 ?

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Null-Modem cable from amazon:

Euronetwork Null Modem Cable: D9 F - D25 F, 2.0m  

one end: Female Serial 9 pin (DB)
other end: Female Serial 25 pin (DB)

is this what i am looking for. its only ~~ 4£

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BB0CL0/ref=pd_luc_mri/202-0284973-5637434?%5Fencoding=UTF8

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ok. my PCMCIA card is working fine!!!

only, a problem - some files wont copy from PC to Amiga: i contacted Paul Williams who sent me the card and he will be getting back.... he said some FTP programs are to blame (maybe because of name conventions and stuff)

check this out though: readme.pp (ppp or something) would copy.

but when i tried to copy whdload (the command file) it wouldnt - OBJECT NOT FOUND and then network cuts off

(i was using babyftp and quick'n'easy)

anyone have this problem before?

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its okay. everything works. babyftp is not a great ftp for pc. whilst quick'n'easy with a combination of Filer (on the amiga) makes everything fine. everything works well.

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everything is working great.

instead of using adf2disk i use something called tracksaver which is the best tool ever for adf to disk or vice versa!

woah things are going so well. this pcmcia card is the best!