JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu (11/19/90)
I would like to know how I can hook up my 1581 to my Amiga for transferring fil es and if I can use my 1581 as another Amiga Drive how do I do that? Also is t here a program available that will allow me to read/write files to and from dis ks formatted on a 1581 using my internal Amiga drive? Please send responses via E-Mail. Thanks
david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) (11/20/90)
In article <90323.093042JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu>, JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > I would like to know how I can hook up my 1581 to my Amiga for transferring fil > es and if I can use my 1581 as another Amiga Drive how do I do that? Also is t > here a program available that will allow me to read/write files to and from dis > ks formatted on a 1581 using my internal Amiga drive? > Please send responses via E-Mail. Thanks I used a 1581 an a 2nd internal drive for my Amiga 2500. I had to play with the little jumpers to get it addressed correctly, but then it worked fine. As far as I know, there is no way to use it as an external drive. As far as transfering files between a 64 (or 128) and the amiga using 1581 disks..... One way to do that would be to write IBM formatted disks on the 64/128, using the Big Blue Reader software. Then read them on the Amiga with CrossDos or MSH. Big Blue Reader and CrossDos are comercial programs. Good Luck! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft or {uhnix1,lobster}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovic