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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2369.0. "2000 bridgeboard and 3.5 disk" by AUNTB::PRESSLEY () Thu Mar 16 1989 17:55

    With an amiga 2000 and bridgeboard, is it possible to read a 3.5
    IBM disk?
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2369.1MTWAIN::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Fri Mar 17 1989 11:381
    Sure, if you connect a 3.5" drive to it.
2369.23 possibilities...MQOFS::LEDOUXReserved for Future UseTue Apr 18 1989 17:1623
    If you want to connect an external 3.5", no problem, it will
    become drive B:.

    But if you want to use your internal drive:
    
        With your bridgeboard, you can only read amiga file on the 3.5"
    using MSdos programs provided with your bridge.(AREAD and AWRITE,
    Jlink is used to communicate).
    
    If you want to read IBM formatted 3.5" you must have an amiga
    program called "transformer".  It requires a bootable MSdos
    3.5" and work extremely slowly, no graphics, no sound.
	Also you would "need" Dos-2-Dos and other utilities for
    ease of transfer.
    
    If you want to use one of the internal 3.5", I did it by making
    my own cable and adding a wire on the bridge board. This is not
    recommended if you are not a "hardware" oriented person.  The
    cable has to be moved every time I want the 3.5" on the other
    CPU, and a switch replaces the jumper required for the presence
    of a second amiga floppy.

    Vince.