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move files from pc to amiga without network?
« on: March 13, 2003, 03:38:42 PM »
just got my hands on a pcmcia nic, 3com 3c589B and was thinking of getting my 1200 online. Of course I need a tcp/ip stack and drivers for the nic but I guess I can find this at aminet. The question is: how do i move the files from my pc computer to the amiga without a network?? amiga can read dos disc´s but not hd discs...can my pc read dd discs? or does any1 else has an easy solution?

Im running an old orginal a1200 with workbench3.0. I also wonder how the heck I check which kickstart i have..guess I could disconnect my hd and check the screen during boot but there most be some easier way :)

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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2003, 03:47:16 PM »
3.5 inch double density floppy disks, formatted to MSDOS 720K :-) Acceptable everywhere. Unlike MSDOS itself :lol:
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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2003, 03:52:42 PM »
Yes, and to check your Kickstart version, go to Workbench and select About from the `Workbench` menu.

Kickstart version 39.xx means Kickstart 3.0


And if you get 40.xx for some reason, that means Kickstart v3.1
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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2003, 04:08:43 PM »
Hey Wayne!
How about putting up an FAQ section for these kind of questions?

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No, I'm not a fan of the RTFM mentality, but it would be less typing if you could just refer to the FAQ :-)
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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2003, 04:29:43 PM »
gee.thats some quick answears..thanks alot everybody! :)

about an howto...at least I think that sounds like an great idea.
I really miss some good spots on the  net there I can read howto´s and manual´s...but maybe im just spoiled from the linux community or dont have the url to right amiga howtos.
 

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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2003, 04:39:12 PM »
Another way would be to use TwinXpress from aminet and a null-modem cable (explained in the archive)
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Re: move files from pc to amiga without network?
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2003, 07:03:12 PM »
I used put2pc(available from aminet) recently, to transfer files from amiga to pc. You run the prog on both machines and then mount the PC (in amiga shell simply 'mount pc:'), and it appears as pc: then I assume you can transfer from pc to amiga by 'copy pc:c/games/filename ram:' (for example)
Oh you need a parallel cable (or serial !!)
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