[XCSSA] Amiga help??

xcssa@xcssa.org xcssa@xcssa.org
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:34:32 -0600


Charles, does pc2amiga work with OSX?


On 2/5/07, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> For years, I've been using a freeware utility, PC2Amiga, to connect my
> Amiga 3000 and my Windows 98 machine for file transfers.
>
> I believe you can use parallel or serial cables.  I believe I am using a
> parallel "laplink" cable.  A good place to find out about  this is on
> groups.google.com.
>
> Once you get it working, it's very reliable, except its window on PC
> needs to be kept on top or the connection waits too long and quits after
> awhile.  This happens no matter how you set the terminal settings.
>
> I understand that it works on Windows XP also...you have to create a
> virtual DOS/98 window for it.  You can find out more about that on
> groups.google.com.  I though I'd be moving to XP last year, but I've
> generally found XP so horrible (one giant piece of closed-system adware)
> I'm still sticking with 98 (and Mac OS X) and using my XP machine as a
> Sonos fileserver only.
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>
> xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>
> > Just got my hands on the 3000 offered by Nick, thanks again!!!! Now
> > this afternoon I've been reading and reading and can't find how to
> > transfer disk files to the Amiga. Some say to use a null modem cable,
> > what about setting up a UAE environment on my PC, mounting the Amiga
> > hard drive as DH1: then copying everything across, then reinstalling
> > in the Amiga?
> >
> > Is there a utility that will let me copy an ADF file to my PC's floppy?
> >
>
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