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Title: Winape IDE File
Post by: SmaugD on 02:35, 21 July 22
Hi, guys, I really hope someone could help me. I'am using Winape for some time now as an old time Amstrad user because for some reason I feel that it's the best emulator of all I tested (Java CPC, Arnold, CPC Emu - bu I might be wrong).

However, there's one thing perplexing me "Enable IDE Devices" option in Settings/Other that doesn't seem to work anything obvious to me. I was hoping I could put a bunch of Amstrad files in IDE image or straight to my HDD, but I don't know how to access it from emulator.

Any idea what I'm missing here?


Thanks!

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Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: tronic on 06:14, 21 July 22
Hi,

For "straight to my HDD", see there how to do this with "cpcdos.rom" : https://cpcrulez.fr/emulateurs_WinAPEaccesHD.htm

About "ide" (see the blank.ide file into the main directory of winape) they are containers files you'll have to format (depending the os used...) to deal with...

Best.

Tronic/GPA
https://rasmlive.amstrad.info

Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: SmaugD on 11:39, 21 July 22
Thanks, tronic, I'll check it out. That thing has really being bugging me for some time now.

Cheers
Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: SmaugD on 11:57, 21 July 22
Tried, everything works like a charm. You are a life saver, tronic.

Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: zhulien on 00:11, 03 June 23
Where do you get the blank.ide file that the WinApe instructions says it comes with?  I downloaded the latest ZIP 3 times and it doesn't seem to contain it.

I must be blind... I found it.
Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: HAL6128 on 14:24, 03 June 23
Normally it should be right in the directory where winape.exe will be found.
Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: d_kef on 07:49, 04 June 23
Small tip: If you map the IDE File to CPMDSK01.IMG (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/4/4a/CPMDSK01%2602.zip) then you can use it with HDCPM (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/HDCPM) directly as a 8MB CP/M hard disk.

d_kef
Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: HAL6128 on 09:37, 04 June 23
Quote from: d_kef on 07:49, 04 June 23Small tip: If you map the IDE File to CPMDSK01.IMG (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/4/4a/CPMDSK01%2602.zip) then you can use it with HDCPM (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/HDCPM) directly as a 8MB CP/M hard disk.

d_kef
Hey nice, didn't know... the same format?
Title: Re: Winape IDE File
Post by: d_kef on 10:42, 04 June 23
Yup! .img are raw hard disk image files.
You can only have one of them mapped though.

d_kef
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