Dumb Question !

[TheGoose]

I don't mean to hijack this thread, it is a related ADF question. That is, can ADFs be run directly on an Amiga some how? No conversion just run like they are on a Win UAE setup.

[Rebel-CD32]

You can mount AmigaDOS formatted ADFs in Workbench and use them, but if they're NDOS disks they won't work, the same as a real NDOS floppy wouldn't work in Workbench. The way to install and run games like this from the hard drive is to use WHDLoad, which copies the disk images similar to an ADF to the hard drive and runs the game from the images.

[orb85750]

DS HD disks have been a real pain at times for me.  Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.  I think they require a different strength in the magnetic field, and they're just not too reliable in your standard Amiga drive.

[AmigaPixel]

Speaking of old school, why not use Crossdos to format pc dos disks on the A600?  Then get the external floppy drive for the pc. That used to work very good for me.

[danwood]

Ah sorry I didn't know it was included on the software disk. In that case I would opt for Taj's idea.

@ Cammy, Chances are he/she is running a KS 2.05 or something inside that A600 so the maximum drive that will work on that Kickstart is 40Mb.

Just to bust this myth, I have an A600 with Kickstart 37.300 (2.05) and run a CF 4 gig card just fine in it, partitioned into two 2gig drives, works flawlessly.

Also Workbench 2.1 is worth putting on, most of the advantages of WB 3 without a ROM change.

Install disks for 2.1 can be found on Amiga forever.

[Tomas]

Hello ! – Heres a stupid question from a noob, I just found my A600 in my parents loft and it’s still works great and I’m having a blast with my old Demo’s and games. – My question is, if I download a DMS file and write it to a floppy, can I use it in my Amiga ? – I don’t have a floppy drive on either of my PC’s but I can buy an external PC floppy drive cheaply, I just don want to spend the money if it wont work ! – Thanks in advance - Scott - PS, love the site but most of the information is well beyond me !

Nope.. you cant write a amiga disk on a pc without a controller addon like the catweasel. The amiga is on the other hand compatible with DD 720k dos formatted floppies. If you have WB 2.1 or newer in that a600 then it is a good chance it comes with crossdos, which lets you read pc floppies easily.

You could use a null modem cable+cloanto amigaforever to transfer messydos or crossdos over if you dont have it on your WB/extras floppies. The only issue with this is that you have to compress adf/dms files to 2 seperate files if they are over the 720k pc format limit.

[KatManDEW]

Speaking of old school, why not use Crossdos to format pc dos disks on the A600?  Then get the external floppy drive for the pc. That used to work very good for me.

I think he said he doesn't have a floppy drive on any of his PC's... Many PC's don't come with floppys now-a-days.

I've had trouble formatting HD floppies as DD floppies. If you have some DD floppies, give that a try.