Opry99er Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 My buddy Hank Mishkoff asked me to inquire if anyone here has an Amiga they still use and if they have it set up for transfer to PC... he has some old floppy disks that he wants to recover and OmniFlop doesn't support the Amiga format. Any hel would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 My buddy Hank Mishkoff asked me to inquire if anyone here has an Amiga they still use and if they have it set up for transfer to PC... he has some old floppy disks that he wants to recover and OmniFlop doesn't support the Amiga format. Any hel would be greatly appreciated! /me points at self Just ONE Amiga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 if you do file transfers or know of a way to recover these disks for preservation purposes, you're my man. =) What ya got, man? I'm interested. pix maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 There's utilities around to convert floppies to ADF, and others like DOS2DOS that can read/write MS-DOS 720K floppies as well as format them. Of course the main problem is getting them from internet to Amiga in the first place, so DOS2DOS is a prerequisite. Or alternatively do the transfer via null-modem cable and utility to do that. Easiest option is for someone with DOS2DOS to just mail a copy to whoever needs it - then they can do the rest themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Another option is to use 2 PC drives to create ADFs from Amiga disks. It's actually probably more cumbersome and less reliable than other ways - the first drive holds the Amiga disk and the second drive needs a normal PC floppy which is used to generate the sync timing. I tried it and got a working WB copy out of it, but I'd not trust it as being 100% reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 He doesn't have an Amiga anymore... just the disks. =) thanks for chiming in!! Those are really interesting techniques. I'd like to see a video of these methods being used... would be an interesting watch. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 A meager "collection" by extreme Amigoid standards. No pics handy, but I will see if I can work some up. Amiga 4000D CyberStorm MK-III 50MHz 68060 w/UW-SCSI 128MB on accelerator, 16MB on motherboard IBM 18GB UW-SCSI hard drive Picasso IV SVGA video card X-Surf 3cc 10BaseT network card Plextor UW-SCSI CD-ROM Zip 100 drive Cocolino PS/2 mouse adapter w/optical mouse Connected to Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD (shared with Windows machine) Amiga 1200 Blizzard 1260 50MHz 68060 w/SCSI module 192MB on accelerator 4GB compact flash drive (hard drive replacement) Netgear PCMCIA wireless NIC Wacom tablet Cocolino PS/2 mouse adapter Internal HD floppy drive External scan-doubler/flicker-fixer HP 15" LCD Amiga 2000 Blizzard 2060 50MHz 68060 128MB on accelerator MegAChip 2MB Agnus video upgrade Ariadne II 10BaseT NIC Spectrum 28/24 SVGA video Microway AGA-2000 scan-doubler/flicker-fixer (in video port) A2091 SCSI card, with 6MB Zorro-II RAM, and holds 4GB hard drive HD internal floppy drive as DF1: (DF0: is internal DD) Connected to Dell 2001 FP 20.1" LCD (shared with C128, TI-99/4A) Amiga 3000 - stock (just picked this bad-boy up, haven't had much time with it) Amiga 500+ (Rev 8 mobo) CSA Derringer 50MHz 68030 32MB on accelerator HD internal floppy drive (DF0:) Scan-doubler/flicker-fixer in Denise socket (cannot remember make/model) (This one is in a kind-of limbo between a GVP A500+ SCSI controller and AdIDE with CD card -- the AdIDE and Derringer do not fir together under the keyboard, so I have set to work on a CPU socket skewing module to move the pair towards the back of the case without interfering with the SD/FF.) Amiga 1000 GVP A530 Turbo 50MHz 68030 8MB on accelerator 4GB narrow SCSI drive 256kb memory expansion FastPALs upgrade (This poor bastard has been in pieces for the past four years after an attempt to begin an upgrade project which was terminated by a sudden landlord dispute.) I put each to good, though sporadic, use. The 4000D is a pretty daily machine. The 2000 is for sound, programming, and what-not. The 1200 works great for games and some graphics (AGA is okay, but not as good as SVGA, so the Wacom may be moving) and compiling since it has the most memory (though slowest drive interface.) The 500 is a mosey-about computer for show, experimentation, and whatever I feel like. I want badly to put an accelerator in the 3000 and use it for something. And I have a couple of CD-32s. One which I play on occasion, and one which stays boxed. I also have one or two A600s which are in a box somewhere. Not sure what I will do with those, if anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I also have an old Catweasel which I can use for particularly stubborn Amiga floppies. Anyway, PM me and we can make arrangements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 do me a favor, would ya? send me your eMail address... I want to pass it on to Hank and have him get ahold of you... In case any of you weren't aware, Hank Mishkoff was a TI programmer. He worked on the original Editor Assembler package for TI and wrote the music for Tunnels of Doom. =) Cool guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 In case any of you weren't aware, Hank Mishkoff was a TI programmer. He worked on the original Editor Assembler package for TI and wrote the music for Tunnels of Doom. =) I thought the name looked familiar. I read an interview about the music for "Tunnels of Doom" and "The Attack" not long ago. PM on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Thanks CS1... I sent Hank your info... he should be contacting you soon. =) You're the MAN!!! BTW... you don't have any other crazy computers down in your dungeon do you? Maybe a Jupiter Ace? =) (I've been asking everyone I know... need one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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