Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

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Posted on: 2010/10/6 13:38 #1

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Hi all,

I want to connect my A1 OS4 with my A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable to transfer files. In have seen the PC to Amiga tools but not Amiga to Amiga. Does anyone know if they are available?

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Re: Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

Posted on: 2010/10/6 23:21 #2

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@Coder

This is all I can find:
http://www.graner.net/parbench.htm

Considering that parnet did not work from A1 to classic because it hit the hardware, I have my doubts about parbench as well.

Edit added: actually I tried this version (above) and it hit the hardware. (fail)

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Re: Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

Posted on: 2010/10/7 1:55 #3

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Too bad. Would you know if there is good way to use a linux machine to connect to the Amiga with a parallel cable?

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Hans

Re: Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

Posted on: 2010/10/7 2:03 #4

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@Coder

You could try pronet, although it probably won't work either because of lack of a driver for the A1's parallel port.

Another option would be to try to use TCP/IP. There should be at least a serial port SLIP driver. I remember having an okay speed serial link between my Amiga and PC before I got a PCMCIA ethernet card (when I still had my A1200).

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Posted on: 2010/10/7 2:34 #5

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@Hans

Quote:

Hans wrote:
@Coder

Another option would be to try to use TCP/IP. There should be at least a serial port SLIP driver. I remember having an okay speed serial link between my Amiga and PC before I got a PCMCIA ethernet card (when I still had my A1200).

Hans

Is this a lot of work to setup? I assume I have to use a demo version of one of the TCP/IP packages available for 3.1? What did you use on the PC?

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Posted on: 2010/10/7 4:53 #6

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Is this a lot of work to setup? I assume I have to use a demo version of one of the TCP/IP packages available for 3.1? What did you use on the PC?

I honestly can't remember; it was ages ago that I set this up. I found a serial port SLIP driver for windows, and it might have been Miami on the A1200, but I've tried pretty much all of the available TCP/IP stacks for OS 3.1.

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Posted on: 2010/10/7 11:49 #7

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@Hans

It also seems none of the parallel software tools will work on a PC with XP up. I might try a network card solution if I can get one for a decent price.

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Re: Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

Posted on: 2010/10/7 19:53 #8

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@Coder
You could try serial (crossed over of course) and Term for simplicity. The serial port is much easier to work with IMHO.

As for Ethernet, I just sold my old A1200 PCMCIA ethernet card so I assume they are still kicking around. A driver is available on aminet but then you also need a TCP/IP stack and an FTP server or similar.

For cheap and quick I don't think serial can be beat.

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Posted on: 2010/10/8 21:24 #9

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That might indeed be a good solution. Depending on the price of a card of course.

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Posted on: 2010/10/9 11:10 #10

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Why all this elaborate solutions? Why not just plug your A1200's HD into your A1? Should work perfectly, AND very fast!

You only need a 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor for your A1200's HD.

Or if you use a CF-to-IDE adapter on your A1200, then you can just take CF card from A1200 & plug it into a suitable (USB or IDE) adapter on your A1.

Author of the PortablE programming language.

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Re: Transferring files between A1 OS4 and A1200 3.1 with a parallel cable

Posted on: 2010/10/9 11:37 #11

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True. Plenty of choices.

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