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Amiga CF PCMCIA Kit User Manual v1.80 © 2013 David Novo for www.web8bits.com and www.micomputer.es 1

Web8bits ADF Transfer Utility Kit v1.80, Amiga 600, 1200

User MAnual

Overview: 1.- Introduction 2.- Items included in this Kit 3.- Before to Start 4.- Working WITHOUT Hard Disk 5.- Working WITH Hard Disk 6.- Versions


1.- Introduction This Kit was designed for use in any Amiga 1200 computer and in any Amiga 600 computer with at last KickStart ROM version 37.300 or upwards, this Kit WILL NOT work on Amiga 600 with KickStart version 37.299 With this Kit you could interchange information between your PC or Mac and your Amiga in easy way. You don´t need to have a Hard Disk on your Amiga, the floppy disk provided can start your Amiga 600 or 1200.

2.- Items included in this Kit The Kit you have received must include this items:

- Compact Flash to PCMCIA adapter - Floppy Disk with Compact Flash to PCMCIA drivers. - This Instructions, v1.80 in .pdf format.

You will need:

- A Compact Flash memory card - A Compact Flash card reader on your PC or Mac

3.- Before to Start

VERY IMPORTANT NOT all Compact Flash memory cards are Amiga

compatible, if you can´t see the Compact Flash icon on Workbench screen before instaling this Software, your Compact Flash memory card is NOT Amiga compatible, try a different one. I have for sale PCMCIA Kits including Amiga compatible and tested Memory Cards.

How many .adf files fits on a Memory Card? Obviously it depends on the

Compact Flash capacity. On a 32 MB. Memory card you can put 40 .adf files, on a 512 MB. You can put 600 .adf files on it.

First of all you must create a directory on your Compact Flash card with

name ADF.

You must change the .adf names for others than could be used on a real Amiga without problems, the Amiga DOS support file names up to 30 characters and does not like special characters like: spaces, @, #, ?, etc.

For example we rename a .adf file name like this:


Dragon´s Lair - Escape from Singe´s Castle (1990)(ReadySoft)(Disk 1 of 5).adf

for DragonsLair_1.adf This, DragonsLair_1.adf, is the file you must copy to your

Compact Flash card in the ADF directory Once we have the .adf files you want to transfer with correct file names

you can go to next step. We have two options: 1.- You don´t have an Amiga with hard disk 2.- You have an Amiga with hard disk


4.- Working WITHOUT Hard Disk

Switch on your Amiga and when the Insert Workbench disk appear insert the floppy disk you have received, once loaded you will see a Workbench screen with two disks icons, one the “Ram Disk” and another with the floppy inserted icon, “StartupDisk” you must see a Shell Icon too.

Insert the Compact Flash card in the PCMCIA adapter and this one in the

PCMCIA Amiga port. In few seconds you must see a new disk icon on your workbench screen, in our example with name “CF_CARD”, this is the icon for the Compact Flash card inserted in the PCMCIA port and is ready for use.


The next step is to transfer the .adf files to a real floppy disk, to do that, wil use the Tsgui program located on Tools drawer.


This is the program used to transfer .adf files to real floppy disks. It´s very

easy to use. Will use the two buttoms located at the bottom screen: “Disk -> File” and “File -> Disk”, first one is used to make a .adf file from a real


floppy disk, the second one is used to create a real floppy disk from a .adf file. In the File Request we choose the .adf file we want to transfer to a real floppy disk, to do that press on the right Gadget:

there we can look for our .adf files located on our Compact Flash card, in

our example CF_CARD


once selected the correct .adf file, simply press “File -> Disk” and

the .adf image file will be saved on a real floppy disk on internal floppy drive. WARNING, the transfer program does not check if the inserted floppy is a blank one or is the original floppy supplied, if you do not change the disk with a blank one, the original floppy supplied will be erased and you can´t use it anymore.


5.- Working WITH Hard Disk

Start the Amiga as usual, i.e. from the hard disk, and once Workbench have been loaded, insert the floppy disk on the internal floppy drive, in few seconds you must see a new Disk Icon on workbench screen with “StartupDisk” name on it.

Double click on this icon to open it and double click on

“Install_CF” icon, this is the program that will install the necessary drivers on your hard disk. Follow the on screen instructions


When the installation have finished, eject he floppy from disk drive, insert the Compact Flash card in the PCMCIA adapter and this one in the PCMCIA Amiga port and restart your Amiga from Hard Disk, once workbench was loaded, you must see a new disk icon on your workbench screen, in our example with name “CF_CARD”, this is the icon for the Compact Flash card inserted in the PCMCIA port and is ready for use.


The next step is to transfer the .adf files to a real floppy disk, to do that, wil use the Tsgui program located on Tools drawer on your Hard Disk.


This is the program used to transfer .adf files to real floppy disks. It´s very

easy to use. Will use the two buttoms located at the bottom screen: “Disk -> File” and “File -> Disk”, first one is used to make a .adf file from a real floppy disk, the second one is used to create a real floppy disk from a .adf file. In the File Request we choose the .adf file we want to transfer to a real floppy disk, to do that pres on the right Gadget:


there we can look for our .adf files located on our Compact Flash card, in

our example CF_CARD


once selected the correct .adf file, simply press “File -> Disk” and

the .adf image file will be saved on a real floppy disk on internal floppy drive. WARNING, the transfer program does not check if the inserted floppy is a blank one or is the original floppy supplied, if you do not change the disk with a blank one, the original floppy supplied will be erased and you can´t use it anymore.

6.- Versions v1.80 Disk and Instructions Manual rebuild (2013.05.06)

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