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1) If you always want to start the Sidecar in color mode, then you should
create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that contains the MODE CO80 command. This way
the system will always boot in color, and you can just start the PC Color
program. If you ever want to go back to mono, you can just boot from a
different diskette (or change the AUTOEXEC file, reboot, and start PC
Mono).
2) I don't know what you mean by using the 5 1/4" as an external unit.
External to what?
3) The power supply will handle a external 3.5" drive. I just took my
external drive from the 1000, and plugged it into the Sidecar, and presto!,
a 3.5" drive running under MS-DOS. It will handle either the 360K format or
the 720K format. I use it quite a bit for transferring MS DOS software to
the 3.5 format for the PS/2's. As I recall, I had to set an internal switch
in the Sidecar to tell it that it had 2 diskette drive, and I had to set up
some stuff in the config.sys file to get it to use the 720K 3.5 format. I
am using PC DOS 3.2, not the version of DOS that came with the Sidecar (MS
DOS 2.11?).
4) You cannot partition the external drive like you can with the harddisk.
Howevery, this should not be necessary, as I believe you can copy files
from the MS DOS side to the Amiga side with the copy command (I believe you
have to do a MOUNT JF:, and then copy JF:A:test.fle df0:letters/test.fle,
or something like that). Of course, if you wanted to be able to have the
one 3.5" used by both at the same time, you're out of luck (sorry, can't
have your cake & eat it too).
The train of discussion was about putting a hard disk inside the Sidecar to
replace the floppy. I was wondering if it were possible to use the 5 1/4
that I now have by sitting it on the Sidecar box as an external drive,
somehow. It seems like it should be possible to use the floppy with its'
current connection but a longer cord out the case somewhere. I haven't even
opened it up yet to look. When I try a 'mount jf:' Amy goes 'device jf: not
recognized.' If 'mount jf:' were to work would I be able to use a 3 1/2
amiga floppy mounted on the back of the sidecar when the pc program was not
running?
I don't know if you can attach the 5.25" drive to the Sidecar in that
fashion. It seems to me that there isn't a controller card in the Sidecar
for a 5.25" drive. The mount command will not allow you to use the 3.5"
drive attached to the Sidecar fromn the Amy. Once you attach the drive to
the Sidecar, you can only use it from the Sidecar. The mount command is
supposed to allow you to copy files from/to the any Sidecar drive from/to
any Amy drive. Does your documentation on Sidecar say to use the mount jf:
command, or is that something I told you? On mine, I am supposed to use the
mount command, and it works, but I can only copy files one way
(Sidecar->Amy). Maybe you need to use a different method for file copy? On
the other hand, if your documentation says to use the mount command, and it
doesn't work, then it looks like Commodore has once again shipped an
incomplete product (way to go CBM).
I don't know if you can attach the 5.25" drive to the Sidecar in that
fashion. It seems to me that there isn't a controller card in the Sidecar
for a 5.25" drive. The mount command will not allow you to use the 3.5"
drive attached to the Sidecar fromn the Amy. Once you attach the drive to
the Sidecar, you can only use it from the Sidecar. The mount command is
supposed to allow you to copy files from/to the any Sidecar drive from/to
any Amy drive. Does your documentation on Sidecar say to use the mount jf:
command, or is that something I told you? On mine, I am supposed to use the
mount command, and it works, but I can only copy files one way
(Sidecar->Amy). Maybe you need to use a different method for file copy? On
the other hand, if your documentation says to use the mount command, and it
doesn't work, then it looks like Commodore has once again shipped an
incomplete product (way to go CBM).
The train of discussion was about putting a hard disk inside the Sidecar to
replace the floppy. I was wondering if it were possible to use the 5 1/4
that I now have by sitting it on the Sidecar box as an external drive,
somehow. It seems like it should be possible to use the floppy with its'
current connection but a longer cord out the case somewhere. I haven't even
opened it up yet to look. When I try a 'mount jf:' Amy goes 'device jf: not
recognized.' If 'mount jf:' were to work would I be able to use a 3 1/2
amiga floppy mounted on the back of the sidecar when the pc program was not
running?