6128 plus transfer from amiga using parnet cable

[lordoftime]

is this possible?

[Bryce]

Technically yes, but you'd have to write new software for both the Amiga and Amstrad. The Amstrad has a 7 bit printer port, whereas the Amiga has 8 bits. They also have no common file formats, so what exactly would you be transferring?

Bryce.

[lordoftime]

not sure yet - I was just pondering the idea lol... the amiga side i can write, the amstrad side i am just getting back into so could be a fun experiment!

[Bryce]

The other problem is that the Amstrad printer port is not two-way, so you could only read a single bit at a time when sending from Amiga to Amstrad.

Bryce.

[arnoldemu]

I wrote this but I don't remember much about it anymore so it's unsupported.

I wrote an Amstrad emulator called "a-cpc" for amiga. This is back in then 90's.

http://www.cpctech.org.uk/download/a-cpc.lha

Look in the tools folder. There are tools for reading and writing cpc disks on amiga, both to dsk and files in the filesystem. I used this on a TEAC 3" drive connected to an Amiga AND writing to 3.5" on Amiga and using a 3.5" drive on the CPC.

Please do not use the dsk tools for preserving of any discs because the dsk format is not suitable for exact bit-by-bit preservation, but it's ok for general transfer of data use.

Also included is a parallel transfer program. I can't remember how the cable is connected.

Source is included, buildable with devpac. The tools cooperate with the OS so run under workbench. You'll need the Amiga SDK and headers. Last computer I tried it on was a stock A1200.