If you format a DD floppy on a PC to 720k, you can read it on Amiga using CrossDOS (which should be included on the OS disks if you have those). Usage details are here.
Not if he has WB3.1. Only 3.0 has CrossDOS
I have 3.0, but I don't have the OS disks. I seem to have a floppy working on both PC and Amiga now though. Just had to click PC0 instead of DF0.
akira^8GB wrote:
Also: HivelyTracker does NOT run on anything but an 060@100mHZ or PowerPC, so forget about it, use AHX, or wait for the massively expensive upgrade.
Well thank you all for your help. By the way, I've decided to go with a 4GB CF for the hard drive, and a 2GB SD for the PCMCIA.
In the meantime... I was worried about the constant clicking noise coming from my Amiga's floppy drive, but some searching reveals that it is apparently normal behavior. Now attempting to format a floppy previously used in an Atari.
EDIT: Ugh. And now the floppy won't work on my PC, of course. This is why I need a PCMCIA SD reader! XD I was looking forward to playing around with Hively Tracker tonight, but I guess I'll just have to wait for the SD/CF gear. Man... Atari floppies work with PCs! >:(
is the easycap thing that you're using? it work semi-great with my atari.
Yup!
arfink wrote:
As for that adapter which you linked- I have one which uses that same Analog Devices chip (AD724). It works just fine with just about everything, the only time it doesn't in when the RGBS has a slightly odd sync signal which is basically just a few almost-jamma-compatible arcade boards. The color bitrate is just fine, so don't worry about loosing colors. The only issue is that obviously you will loose some image clarity by converting from RGB to composite. S-Video will be quite a bit better.
There's also an RGB>S-Video converter on that page. The guy who sells them recommends getting both and hooking it up like this: RGB>S-video>VGA, so you basically get S-Video quality in NTSC on a VGA port. There are some pics of someone using them both together in this thread on EAB.
I picked up my Amiga while I was in England because it was cheaper than buying one over here, but since I've got to buy video adapters anyway, I'm wondering if it was worth it.
Well, the following is my notes on what I do, not a comprehensive list of all options:
I've got a 1040STE as well (that I upgraded to 4mb RAM and TOS 2.06 myself). I use a color Atari monitor. Quality is great, but they can be expensive, especially to ship. I also have an RGB>composite cable that I built myself. Doesn't the STE have an RF output at the back? I don't have mine with me at the moment so I can't check. Still, RF sucks. It would be better to build or buy an RGB>composite cable. Composite isn't great either, but it's better than RF. I don't think the adapter you linked to would work. The Atari monitor port is a round 13-pin DIN connector, different from the Amiga monitor port connector.
Floppies are totally fine. The other options are very cool but expensive conveniences, not necessities. UltraSatan is a hard drive emulator. HxC is a floppy drive emulator. I have an UltraSatan.
What's the cheapest way for me to get my Amiga working with TVs over here?
Get an LCD TV that accepts 15Khz on the VGA port. Does your LCD TV have a VGA input? If so, try it.
The TV that I tried it on wasn't actually mine, and it did not have a VGA input. I do have an LCD TV with a VGA input, but it's broken at the moment (failed resistor on the power supply, should be easy to fix). However, I don't have high hopes for that working with my Amiga. I'll try it after I fix my TV. But if it doesn't work, then buying that VGA converter I linked to in my first post (basically a super cheap scandoubler) will be cheaper and more convenient than buying a new TV.
I want to play some shmups on my Atari ST, Amiga, and C64. However, being from the Nintendo generation, I hate joysticks. Fortunately, Sega Master System and MegaDrive/Genesis controllers are compatible. I'm looking to pick up 2 for super cheap, you know, if you've got some lying around that you don't really need. Maybe if you're in NYC I can pick them up in person at the next Pulsewave and not have to pay for shipping. Master System controllers are probably preferable, since I'm used to the hand-killing rectangular NES controls, but Mega Drive or Genesis will do just as well.
Also, my DMG is falling apart, so I need some new ones to either use instead (I can do any modding myself thanks), or to use as organ donors for my current one. Also maybe a pocket for harvesting.
No one has told me to avoid SDHC. I heard the IDE limit was due to the stock Amiga FFS filesystem, but that a card used over PCMCIA can be formatted as FAT - except they didn't specify whether it was FAT16 or FAT32, which is what I was wondering.
EDIT: Someone had told me on another forum that "you just need to install the FAT95 filesystem and PCMCIA card driver" on the Amiga, and I just read on this page that "FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems are supported by the FAT95 filesystem." So I think I've answered my own question, but can someone else say it, just to be sure? The person on the other forum was talking about CF cards though, not SD or SDHC, and I don't know if that matters. 4GB is probably more than enough for a transfer card anyway. 1GB is probably more than enough for a transfer card!
I've got a British 1200, but I'm in America. I tried booting it in NTSC mode with an LCD TV through composite (picture was monochrome and too big for the screen) and an old PC monitor through an RGB/VGA adapter (no picture, just some kind of error message or warning about incompatibility from the monitor). What's NTSC mode supposed to do then? Right now I'm using my laptop as a screen for the Amiga via a low-quality USB composite video capture device. I think it'll work for tracking and module-listening, but will probably be too laggy for demos or games. What's the cheapest way for me to get my Amiga working with TVs over here? (Or Atari/Commodore/PC monitors, but preferably TVs). The cheapest thing I've found is the VGA converter on this page.
I have been told that when using CF or SD cards via IDE on a stock Amiga, it is not recommended to have a drive more than 4GB, or a partition more than 2GB.
Is there a limit to drive size or partition size when using SD cards over PCMCIA? And will the slowest cheapest card also work well over PCMCIA?
