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Offline EdponTopic starter

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Aminet file transfers. . .
« on: March 04, 2007, 09:12:58 PM »
Hey all,
  I was just wondering if it's possible to download a bunch of programs I want from Aminet, on my Vista PC machine, then copy it to a standard CD-R and then re-transfer it to my A4000? Thanks.

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Re: Aminet file transfers. . .
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2007, 09:17:32 PM »
ofcourse its possible

i use a compactflash card for it on my a1200

but if u burn them on cd it works too
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Re: Aminet file transfers. . .
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2007, 11:36:55 PM »
One thing you have to watch for is that the Windows CD filesystem for a CDR is the Joliet file system.  AmigaOS uses Rock-Ridge file system.  This means that in order to be compatible you'll have to shorten the filenames to eight characters with a 3 character extension or they might not read correctly on the Amiga.

I had problems installing Picasso96 drivers on my WinUAE installation becuase of this.  Current versions of WinUAE have solved this by making you mount the CD-ROM drive from UAEscsi.device in the emulator so the Amiga CD filesystem will be used.
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Re: Aminet file transfers. . .
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2007, 12:56:30 AM »
@SamuraiCrow

Well, that depends on the filesystem you use. Obviously the best solution is to use a filesystem that handles both joliet and regular RR extesions.
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Re: Aminet file transfers. . .
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2007, 02:45:37 AM »
I download to CD and transfer from the CD to My A4000 everyday.  I have never had a problem.  I use AllegroCDFS so that I can also transfer from a DVD if I want to.   Dan :-)
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Re: Aminet file transfers. . .
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2007, 12:19:13 AM »
Hi

Not sure what Vista is... ( thinks.. No that hurts.. Stop it ) Anyway... Your question... No problem I have my A4000s and my A1200s all with CDRom drives OS3.0, OS3.1 and OS3.9 and have updated to CacheCDFS so I can see the long file names. I also use a ZIP drive to do same. Better still I have the Amiga networked to the PC and simply transfer this way. You could also get a modem for the Amiga cheap and download the very very small files direct to the Amiga and avoid using the Veester, Viystar.. Vizta.. ( what was it.. sorry head hurting again ... Is that an old system for the TRS80 or was it the Timex..whatsit.. dunno ) Hope that helps...

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