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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« on: December 05, 2012, 11:19:16 PM »
Where are you located?
Might be able to send you a floppy with the software on it already..

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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2012, 10:06:37 PM »
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I'm located in Norway, I'll be happy to pay you for a floppy disk though, If I could pay via Paypal :)
I could and would be willing..
But Norway is a bit away from Oregon...

Maybe someone closer could help out?

If not, let me know and I'll post one......
(No idea how much postage would cost; never shipped out of the country...)

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Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.
 

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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 04:18:36 PM »
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Now I have actually managed to transfer Transdisk to the workbench disk... so, it really works... but now what? What do I do? I have not been able to figure that out so far... Should I copy it from there to a new disk?
Definitely, you want a copy..  (maybe a few)  ;-)

OK, I usually use transwarp, which is similar, but not exactly the same, so I googled for the command line and options to transdisk.

If you've copied transdisk to your df0:, you'd do something like this:

c:transdisk -w ser: -d trackdisk 1

That will write the image to a floppy in your external drive. (df1)
(Well, it will ask you to start the transfer from ADF Sender Termninal, and then it should start writing to DF1)

If you don't have an external, use "trackdisk 0".  In that case, I'd copy transdisk to RAM from whatever floppy you have it on, so you can call it with "ram:transdisk" and not have to worry about swapping that disk in and out and/or overwriting the wrong floppy.  ;-)

Also, I believe transdisk uses your Amiga WB serial prefs, so you need to set those.
For the first transfers, I'd suggest 19,200.  I had good luck with that baud rate.  If you have troubles, 9600 is a slow but safe bet.
Just make sure that ADF Sender Terminal is using the same baud rate (and other settings (8N1)).

Good Luck!

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(If you can do 9600 but not 19,200, try lowering the resolution (interlace off) and number of colors for your WB.  It can actually make a difference. )
Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.
 

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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 06:50:00 PM »
The file could be corrupt from the transfer or possibly not executable.
From a SHELL, I think it's something like:
protect transdisk e

..to make it executable...

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Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2012, 01:47:58 AM »
At that point, you need to go to your PC and start to send using ADF Sender Terminal.

If it doesn't work (start writing), then it's possible the comm settings in ADF sender don't match the ones in Workbench.

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Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.
 

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Re: Transfer files from PC to Amiga 500
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2012, 11:31:25 PM »
Now that he has it working, you can just send him an ADF too.. ;-)

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Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.