| From: | jeremy spring |
| Date: | 11 Nov 2011 at 00:29:32 |
| Subject: | Re: A few old Amiga games... |
Hello Kevin
On 26-May-00, you wrote:
> Hello Don,
>>> I imagine the catweazel is the only way to go to get a reliable HD
>>> floppy drive.
>>> I'm reluctant to go for one for my A4000 unless I have to, I can
>>> imagine all sorts of conflicts :(
>
>> No, so long as you have a spare slot for the card, just plug in,
>> connect drive, install software drivers.. No problems, no OS
>> patches, no conflicts.
>> Just remember you can't boot from it. It is an extra drive, like a
>> Zip or similar. It is all legal.
> Booting would not be a problem, my original HD drive is still
> functioning. It's just the fact that it is virtually irreplaceable
> now, so reading HD disks would be a problem should it fail.
>
> I imagine I could replace the HD with a DD drive for booting purposes,
> should the drive die, and use the catweasel controlled HD for
> everything else. I take it the catweasel allows reading of DD disks as
> well as HDs?
>
> Regards,
As readers of the now dead Amiga Format _should_ know, as long as you
get a Kylwalda adaptor, you can boot as if it was a totally normal HD
floppy drive specially built for an Amiga.
Jeremy Spring Powered by an 040 4000 with a stuffed
internal clock
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