Installing Amiga Software on Floppy?
  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    pan1k
    Posts: 147 from 2009/1/20
    Is there a way to install Amiga software/games that I have on floppy? I know the Peg has a floppy header, but I don't think it will work?
    MacMini 1.5Ghz / Amiga 4000T Cyberstorm 060, 132MB RAM, Cybervision 64/3D, XSurf-III, MP3@64, Buddha Flash / Amiga 1200 GVP 030, Subway USB, 32MB RAM
  • »09.12.11 - 14:54
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12408 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > Is there a way to install Amiga software/games that I have on floppy?

    Using additional hardware, yes.

    > I know the Peg has a floppy header, but I don't think it will work?

    Correct, the floppy disk drive controller on the Pegasos is a standard PC one and thus cannot read Amiga floppy disks. That's a hardware constraint and can't be circumvented in software alone.
  • »09.12.11 - 15:09
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  • Jim
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
    From: Delaware, USA
    Andreas, has anyone managed to use Ian Gledhill's driver on a Mac (under MorphOS obviously).
    "Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
  • »09.12.11 - 15:23
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12408 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > Andreas, has anyone managed to use Ian Gledhill's driver on a Mac
    > (under MorphOS obviously).

    I'm not sure. The latest information I could find on that are from pega-1 dating back to September:

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=7378&start=67 (2nd posting from top)

    There he says he was able to use the Catweasel hardware to read Amiga disks on MorphOS, but with another driver than that from Ian Gledhill.
  • »09.12.11 - 15:36
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  • Jim
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
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    Thanks. I missed that. I'd love to be able to read floppies under MorphOS on my Mac, but I guess its not time to invest in a Catweasel yet.

    It's just another thing, like JIT UAE for MorphOS (or higher end graphic cards) that I hope to see in the future.
    "Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
  • »09.12.11 - 15:43
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