Any AMIGA users?

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu Jan 3 16:47:00 2002

Fred,

> How about one that reads 8" diskettes in a 5.25" drive? (Maybe trimming
> the edges, and not being able to read some outer tracks :-)

 That was good. That one really cracked me up.



"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
>
> > > Certainly the PC hardware, regardless of OS or other software
> > > can NOT do
> > > Amiga.
> > > Can the Linux catweasel drivers actually use the catweasel as its disk
> > > controller for the file system? Or is this an issue that the
> > > catweasel
> > > software (that does NOT work at a filesystem level) can also RUN under
> > > linux?
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
> > Right, but remember that linux won't run only on peesees. :) Linux on
> > a power-mac (or amiga!) will likely produce bit-for-bit copies of
> > amiga disks just fine.
>
> IRRELEVANT.
> The discussion was how to make an Amiga disk using a PC.
> It can not be done with the stock PC hardware.
> Somebody said that it could be done with the stock PC, by using Linux.
> THAT IS WRONG.
>
> > Also, I think it's the standard linux floppy disk driver, which is
> > pretty flexible, and not a special "catweasel" driver, so it would be
> > handled just the same as a standard floppy setup. So I guess you
> > could write ext2 filesystems to 880k floppies if you want ;)
>
> The "standard linux floppy disk driver" will operate the Catweasel card?
> (It is NOT a floppy disk controller in terms of BIOS level interaction.)
> Or
> The "standard linux floppy disk driver" will do stuff that is impossible
> with the PC hardware, without needing the Catweasel?
>
> I would love to know how EITHER of those would work.
>
> It WOULD be possible to write a floppy disk driver for Linux that could
> make use of the Catweasel. But it has, apparently NOT been done, and
> therefore suggestions of USING that are inappropriate.
>
> > Or ... one could write an amiga filesystem for linux. I actually
> > wonder why this hasn't been done.
>
> For use with linux on an Amiga?
>
> Or are you trying to say that writing an amiga filesystem for Linux, would
> permit a PC running Linux to read and write Amiga disksettes without
> special hardware?
> Could you also write one for NorthStar-DOS? (hard-sectored)
> How about one for Apple-DOS? (GCR)
> How about one that reads 8" diskettes in a 5.25" drive? (Maybe trimming
> the edges, and not being able to read some outer tracks :-)
>
> > > Has anybody, anywhere, EVER gotten a catweasel to work as a
> > > controller to
> > > do file system level operations?
> > After this discussion, I'm tempted to get one and try. Too bad I can't afford it just now.
>
> Please let us know when you do.
Received on Thu Jan 03 2002 - 16:47:00 GMT