pixelmischief Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 What is the easiest way to share files between an Atari Falcon and a PC. The options I can currently fathom: - External SCSI CDROM and burned CD's - External SCSI-to-RemovableMedia device - Buffered IDE adaper and a second IDE device; again, some kind of adapter to removable media - Null modem cable and a terminal program; zmodem up and down Anything I missed? Anything that might allow me to treat some connection like a disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 It looks like something called PARCP-USB is an option. PC USB to Falcon parallel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Well, since I run a BBS on my Falcon, I use that (the zmodem solution basically) if I want to do a log of things and don't care much about the time.... That, or floppy disk if I'm keeping it under 1.44mb. I'll be hooking up the Ethernet adapter soon but for now that's how I've been doing it. I also have an Aztec CF Monster that I plan to put in my external enclosure someday, but not yet. Do you have an actual HDD or a CF drive in there? On my falcon with the CF drive, I just left the case unscrewed and pulled the CF card out when I needed to back things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Do you have an actual HDD or a CF drive in there? On my falcon with the CF drive, I just left the case unscrewed and pulled the CF card out when I needed to back things up. I have a CF inside the Falcon. I guess running the ribbon cable external is an option, though I don't like it. I don't have an external case for the SCSI, but I do have a SCSI-to-IDE and an IDE-2-CF solution I could use. That's actually how I get it done inside my TT and my Mega STe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I guess the real question is how often are you going to do it, and how large are the files that you're going to be dealing with. If it will be small files frequently, maybe the term program way is a decent option (or floppy if it's going to be under 1.44mb). But hey, let's get crazy here...... You said you had a null modem already, right? http://paradize.final-memory.org/sting1.shtml To set up Sting using the PC and Null Cable...... (which you should be able to get 56k at least, since I actually can get 56k connections to the BBS through the Lantronix) and.... http://ptonthat.fr/litchi/ - An FTP client, that is actually still being updated (last updated on Feb 7 2015!!!!).... Set up a basic FTP server on the PC and you're good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 I guess the real question is how often are you going to do it, and how large are the files that you're going to be dealing with. Yes, I should have explained that. I'm developing software for the Falcon. But I don't trust emulation to run it reliably for testing purposes and developing the software on an actual Falcon is unnecessarily slow and painful. I'd like to edit the code on a modern system, save it to a shared filespace, and then compile and test it on the Falcon. If I can avoid a workflow that includes ferrying the code back and forth, I'd like to. If it can't be avoided, the solution should at least be based on high-speed, removeable, rewritable media, NOT used to boot the machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Netusbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Netusbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 It looks like something called PARCP-USB is an option. PC USB to Falcon parallel. I use this on my Mega with a Windows 7 PC. It's pretty easy and has replaced a myriad of sneakernet options I used to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Also if you don't want to spend lots of money, Anima's serial disk should do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Also if you don't want to spend lots of money, Anima's serial disk should do the job Yeeeeeees. That is promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dml Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Anima's serial disk is very nice. It is definitely worth a look. It's written by somebody who actively develops great code for Falcon so it's going to 'feel right' for that sort of work. PARCP however is also wonderful, and is actually faster because it uses the parallel port. It is undergoing some software changes which will probably make it *ideal* for software development. This is still in beta so I should say nomore - but it's going to make my life easier I would actually recommend getting your hands on both and play around. The cost is tiny and the benefits multiple, if you have any plans to be writing code! You may find one is better at something than the other. There are some other options available e.g. USB floppy emulation, CFlash swapping, possibly CosmosEx in future - but for now the two items above are the business for this task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I personally use ftp for file transfers. But I am not developing games/demos... Just silly stuff that run under mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 There are some other options available e.g. USB floppy emulation... I'm doing this for now. Or at least I was, until I discovered the joys of NVRAM battery death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Did anyone write something like these that uses STing instead of serial or parallel that doesn't need Mint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 FTP clients work with STING. Litchi should do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 FTP clients work with STING. Litchi should do the job. Sorry, I meant something like PARC or Anima's Serial disk for STing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Well, it's possible to do SLIP under STING/MIntNET or a form of PLIP under MintNET, but it's not very nice. Edited February 27, 2015 by Christos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dal_1978 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 There is also anew solution for Netusbee owners: http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27365&p=268297&hilit=Netusbee#p264489 It gets an IP address via dhcp then run a small web service on the Atari. You browse to your Atari's IP address and drag and drop whatever you need into the browser window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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