Hello, :-)
by nahoo7 on 2004/6/6 0:36:40
hello. I am trying to transfer files to my amiga 500 by copying files to cd on pc ,putting them on disks on my a2000.When I put the disks into df0: on a500 the files are not visible and I dont know how to make them visible.Can anyone tell me how? using wb1.3 on a500 and wb3.1 on a2000.
thank you
WB1.3 is notoriously hard to get by. There are issues concerning how to format in workbench 1.3. It's in OFS(Original File System). The workbench 3.1, it's in FFS (Fast File System) which is not compatible when viewed in WB1.3.
The trick is(i'm assuming these are not NDOS file system or disk drive head is clean or not deffective) run a simple directory program that is compatible with your Workbench 1.3. Mine is Dirworks. They can 'SEE' every files even the '*.info' once. You can put that on both the WB1.3 and WB3.1 workbench disk. Oh, make sure it's a copy of Workbenches you're using, cause diskkettes easily break(it often cause track error and such once used more too often). Remember! Original WBdisks are hard to get these days.
I'm just curious, does your A500 have a Hard drive in it? If so that would be much easier to swap between two systems,.. err three systems.
If they are non-dos disk, I suggest get a TransADF from Aminet. So you could store it on RAM(temp) or Hard drive, and later tranfer to a PC formatted disk.(Again, I assume you format the PC disk in 720K). Wait come to think of if it, adf's are 901kb big. You'll need also LHA to compress it. Man, you're going to busy the whole day doing this process. Other wise there are better solutions to this. Anyway, hope this bit of info could help you start it. Good luck bro! :-D
Good day to all Amigans! :-D
