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Re: Reading AmigaDOS-formatted disks ?
« on: April 28, 2004, 04:32:55 PM »
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/3-118.html

This is the easiest and far cheapest solution, if you really must read floppies:
Disk2FDI

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It's not a bug, but a feature. The PC floppy controller requires gaps after each sector on track, whereas amiga uses only one gap per track (all sectors are written in one go). PC controller is unable to read continuous track without the gaps.

Disk2FDI requires a 2nd fdd being connected for the reading to work.
 

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Re: Reading AmigaDOS-formatted disks ?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2004, 05:38:40 PM »
@GreatLor

You have a problem then.

The only way to get this thing going is that someone sends you required tools on a amiga floppy.

AFAIK CrossDOS requires Kickstart 2.0+, but XFS should work with 1.x. Remember that you need someone to set up a bootable floppy with what you can read PC floppies and write ADF images back to amiga disks, and ship copy of floppy to you.

AFAIK that is the only way, if you don't have 2nd computer at home.
 

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Re: Reading AmigaDOS-formatted disks ?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2004, 02:51:40 PM »
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I REALY NEED to get the pc accepting 720k-formatted HD-disks

Cover the 2nd hole in the HD-disk (not the one that has the tab you can move!), tape will do.