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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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ddni wrote:So that means that copy protected games either need to be installed with WHDLoad or ripped to .adf

How far away are we from being able to insert the floppy and have it load a game as we used to on our A500s (all be it from a seamless UAE environment)?
This for me would be a great feature to attract the die hard classic users towards NG Amigas.
Maybe this isn't even an aspiration?
Will have to try that.
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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Christopher Follett wrote:
ddni wrote:So that means that copy protected games either need to be installed with WHDLoad or ripped to .adf

How far away are we from being able to insert the floppy and have it load a game as we used to on our A500s (all be it from a seamless UAE environment)?
This for me would be a great feature to attract the die hard classic users towards NG Amigas.
Maybe this isn't even an aspiration?
Will have to try that.
Did you try it?
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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ddni wrote:
Christopher Follett wrote:
ddni wrote:So that means that copy protected games either need to be installed with WHDLoad or ripped to .adf

How far away are we from being able to insert the floppy and have it load a game as we used to on our A500s (all be it from a seamless UAE environment)?
This for me would be a great feature to attract the die hard classic users towards NG Amigas.
Maybe this isn't even an aspiration?
Will have to try that.
Did you try it?
It will do caps images apparently. I have'nt tried any caps images.
obviously non dos disks are fine and cracked (classic) disks.

Works well, :).

Still need to try booting disk with UAE, been very busy trying to help get the driver tested and finished.
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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Hi,
I have ordered a catweasel mk 11 for my x1000.
Can I connect an external floppy drive to it or just an internal drive?

I was going to use the second drive bay for a multi card reader or will I have to use this bay for an internal floppy drive?

Also can I connect any cheap PC floppy drive to the catweasel?

Thanks.
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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electric-magic wrote:Hi,
I have ordered a catweasel mk 11 for my x1000.
Can I connect an external floppy drive to it or just an internal drive?

I was going to use the second drive bay for a multi card reader or will I have to use this bay for an internal floppy drive?

Also can I connect any cheap PC floppy drive to the catweasel?

Thanks.
As far as I know, you can only use internal drives. Any standard PC / Amiga drive will work.
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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Yep,
MK2 catweasel with the new drivers works great with my floppy drive I bought from ebay for £1.50 plus £1.50 postage.

Will have to get an external multi card reader now.
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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I've got a CatWeasel Mk 3 PCI/Flipper lying around here which I used in an A1 long ago - has anybody tried one of those with the current driver in an X1000?

Experiences?

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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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I just ordered a Catweasel MK II from my favorite supplier AmigaKit. I made sure to order the X1000 add-on as well. Does anyone have a source for external Amiga drives? I've looked on eBay and they are very expensive, and it appears that only the original 1010 drive is available. I'd much prefer a slimline type with a long cable. Any good sources?

I looked on AmigaKit too, didn't see any. How are you guys finding them? :)
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Re: set up to read floppies on X1000?

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The MK3 works. AmigaONE-XE and X1000.
Can read from Floppies with the aktual Driver.
But dont kill your orginals just read and not write.
Better for write: Use a real Amiga ;) (And new DD-Disks) But some old DD i can write to ;)
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zappa2009 wrote:The MK3 works. AmigaONE-XE and X1000.
Can read from Floppies with the aktual Driver.
But dont kill your orginals just read and not write.
Better for write: Use a real Amiga ;) (And new DD-Disks) But some old DD i can write to ;)
Its that a linux driver?
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