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The Net
« on: May 23, 2005, 03:01:46 PM »
Hi.

I'm slowly aiming towards getting my Amiga online but keep encountering problems. I've got an A1200 with 68030 @ 33mhz/4gig HD/2mb chip & 8mb fast/Kickstart 3.0/Workbench 3.1. The problem is this. I don't have a PC that is on the net. My other computer is an A500+.

Therefore I can't download stuff I need from Aminet. I tried burning a load of files onto a CD at an internet cafe but the A570 didn't want to know when I put it in.(and it's since died anyway.) The Amiga can't read PC floppies and I can't afford a catwheasel (That spelling doesn't look right)

Is my only answer to try and get a parallel null modem cable and link it to a friend's laptop? I've got a program called Easylink that's meant to do just that. Is there no other source of getting the necessary, i.e the TCP/IP stack and browser?

Also I recognise that with the setup I've got the performance is going to be slow but I just want the achievement of getting my 13 year old computer online.
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Re: The Net
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2005, 03:44:33 PM »
Hum,
have a quick look around the forum, to see how easy it is to fit a cdrom to your  a1200.
Also you can format  PC readable disks on the amiga using PC0: and crossdos.
Just use the PC to download and  copy files that can fit on to the 720kb disks from aminet …
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Re: The Net
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2005, 03:52:04 PM »
@Managarm

Amiga can read PC floppies..........just go to your storage drawer in The DOSDrivers drawer, take the PC0:  icon and drop it into DEVS/DosDrivers...........now when you reboot, you can read PC  720Kb  formatted floppies :-)

Actually you wont have to reboot..........just after dropping the icon into the Workbench:Devs/Dosdrivers...............double click the icon to activate it.....................and your done!

Just enable WIndows XP to write to 720kb disks...........if not, find a PC with WIndows 95 or 98 and Save stuff you want to transfer to the Amiga on the floppies and swap!

Easy!

Oh...........if using a high density 1.44mb floppy...............just cover the hole without the notch with some paper and tape to fool the PC that its an actual 720kb disk.
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Re: The Net
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2005, 03:54:39 PM »

The Amiga *can* read PC floppies and the Catweasel is for reading Amiga floppies on a PC anyways.

To read a PC floppy on the Amiga you have to run PC0 from Storage/DosDrivers. The floppy has to be a DD floppy unless you have a HD floppy drive. As WinXP cannot format DD floppies, you have to format it on the Amiga first. (Be sure to format the disk in drive PC0: and not in DF0:)

Bye,
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Re: The Net
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2005, 04:18:55 PM »
Echo






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Re: The Net
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2005, 05:02:48 PM »

GREAT! THANKS GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
MUCH APPRECIATED. YET THERE'S JUST 1 MORE QUESTION TO ASK...

IF I FORMAT THE DISC ON THE AMIGA,
WILL WINDOWS XP HAVE PROBLEMS READING OR WRITING TO IT ?

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Re: The Net
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2005, 05:33:59 PM »
Hum,
Thats the best way to do it
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Re: The Net
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2005, 05:48:51 PM »
Oops, Caps Lock off!
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Re: The Net
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2005, 06:00:59 PM »
Back in the internet cafe, on Aminet and feeling like a kid in a sweetshop. I'm armed with 30 floppies!!!
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Re: The Net
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2005, 06:39:15 PM »
When you format disks on the Amiga, make sure you format them on PC0: not DF0: or Windows will have trouble reading it.
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Re: The Net
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2005, 06:42:23 PM »
I made sure of that! If I'd have got here and realised all 30 were Amiga blank floppies I'd made I think I'd have just given up and bought an abacus. Cheers though, everyone's been so helpful.
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