Amiga Workbench 1.3 Adf

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Workbench 1.3

Go to ROM Properties, swap back to 1.3 kickstart rom. Go to MISC Properties, click ‘Reset Amiga’ (In WinUAE 0.8.26, Hit reset on bottom left) 17. Click OK button, Workbench 1.3 should now boot from the hd directory. ADF for workbench 1.3. By joe mac64 » Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:22 pm. I have and Amiga 500 with the gotek drive I can't find anywhere online an ADF file for workbench 1.3 does anyone know where to get it or do I need the actual floppy disk.

Workbench 1.3, released in 1988 along with Kickstart 1.3, had a large number of changes over Workbench 1.2

There were a few revisions of Workbench 1.3, with the last official release being Workbench 1.3.4, the last of the official version 1 Workbench versions before System 2 (Kickstart 2 and Workbench 2), although there were alpha and beta versions of Workbench 1.4 and Kickstart 1.4.

Visually, while Workbench 1.3 retained the same default colours as the previous versions of Workbench, the first thing that is obvious is that the icons have been redrawn, with many of them having a pseudo 3 dimensional look to them. Most icons now also have an alternative image when they’re selected, instead of just inverting the colours used. The drawer icons show an open drawer when they’re selected, and Trashcan icon has it’s lid open when it’s selected. It all looks much nicer when compared to the look of the default Workbench 1.2 icons. Also, the floppy disk icons now look much more like actual floppy disks, with the distinctive Amiga rainbow tick (but as Workbench only displayed in 4 colours at this point, it wasn’t in the rainbow colours) on the disk label for the Workbench and Extras disk icons.

Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, no icons selected

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The Prefs icon changed to that of a drawer, as now there were separate icons for several pages of the Preferences editor, such as the mouse pointer editor, and the preferences for the printer. Also the ability to copy the preferences to a different disk was added.

Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Prefs drawer selected.

Workbench 1.2 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected.

Workbench 1.3 Disk contents, Trashcan icon selected.

For comparison purposes, here are several of the competing Graphical User Interfaces of the time:

Apple Macintosh System 6

<- Back to Workbench 1.2On to Workbench 1.4 beta ->

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Lets say you don’t have a GoTek drive or Compact Flash card, how on Earth do you transfer data between your Amiga and a PC?

In the days before the GoTek there was another go-to tool for transferring data between an Amiga and PC: Amiga Explorer by Cloanto. Using this application it was possible to transfer not only data between the systems but also create Amiga Disk Format (ADF) images from Amiga floppies, apply ADF images to Amiga floppies, and even copy the Amiga Kickstart ROM.

In this article I’ll run you through how to install and use Amiga Explorer with a standard Amiga 500 (512MB of RAM) connected to a Windows 10 PC using a null-modem cable over the serial ports of each system.

Section 1: Installing Amiga Explorer on Windows

1. Download the Amiga Explorer installation file from the Cloanto website (https://www.amigaforever.com/ae/).

NOTE: Amiga Explorer is Shareware and Cloanto provides it at no cost. If you wish to help support them it’s recommended that you purchase it, or purchase an Amiga Forever Plus or Premium Edition which include the Amiga Explorer application.

2. Double-click on the Amiga Explorer installation file.

3. On the Amiga Explorer Setup Wizard window, click on the Next > button.

4. Accept the license agreement by choosing the “I accept the terms in the license agreement” option and click on the Next > button.

5. Fill in the customer information and license key (if you have one) and click on the Next > button.

6. Choose whether you wish to perform a Complete or Custom installation. For this example a Complete installation will be performed. Then click on the Next > button.

7. Choose the destination folder to install the Amiga Explorer application and then click on the Next > button.

8. Finally the installation is ready to start. Click on the Install button.

9. The installation will then start. You may be prompted by Windows UAC to allow the installation to start.

10. Once the installation is completed, click on the Finish button and this will close the Setup Wizard.

On the Windows desktop will be an Amiga Explorer icon.

Section 2: Serial Null-Modem Cable

Amiga

A serial null-modem cable is required to connect the Amiga to the PC. If you choose to purchase a null-modem cable it’s critically important that the cable is wired for “full handshaking”.

Alternatively you can choose to make your own cable. Cloanto has done a great job at documenting the pin-out of the serial null-modem cable on their website (https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-105) which is required to connect the Amiga to the PC. Below are the pin-outs for the serial null-modem cable shown on the Cloanto website.

DB-9 to DB25

DB-9 to DB-9

DB-25 to DB-25

For this document, a DB-9 (female) to DB-25 (female) cable was constructed.

NOTE: Many modern PC’s don’t have serial ports anymore. USB serial port adapters will work just fine. For this document, a Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port adapter, similar to the one shown below, was used.

Section 3: Installing Amiga Explorer on an Amiga over a Serial Port

1. Connect the serial ports of the Amiga and PC together using the null-modem cable.

WARNING! BE SURE YOU ARE CONNECTING THE SERIAL PORTS TOGETHER! ACCIDENTALLY CONNECTING TO A PARALLEL PORT MAY DAMAGE ONE OR BOTH COMPUTERS.

2. Open the Windows Device Manager to find out what COM# your PC’s serial port is.

In this example COM4 is the PC’s serial port.

3. Turn on the Amiga and boot Workbench. Workbench version 1.2 or higher is needed.

4. Once Workbench is up and running, right-click on the Amiga Explorer icon on your Windows PC and choose the Setup option from the pop-up menu.

5. Click on the OK button of the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog.

6. On the Workbench version confirmation dialog, click on Yes button if the Amiga is running Workbench 2.0 or higher, or click on the No button if the Amiga is running Workbench 1.2 or 1.3.

In this example the Amiga is running Workbench 1.3, so No was clicked.

7. The next window will describe the serial port preferences required for the Amiga.

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On the Amiga, open the Serial Preferences application and ensure the settings are set to:

Baud Rate: 19200

Buffer Size: 4096

Read Bits: 8

Write Bits: 8

Stop Bits: 1

Parity: None

Handshaking: RTS/CTS

Once the Amiga Serial Preferences are set, on your Windows PC click on the OK button of the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog.

8. Follow the instructions described on the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog. On the Amiga, open a Shell and type the command “Type SER: to RAM:Setup” and press Enter.

9. Then on the Windows PC, click on the OK button of the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog and wait while the Setup program for Amiga Explorer is copied to the Amiga’s RAM: drive.

10. Once the copy is complete, as described in the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog, press Ctrl-C on the Amiga. Nothing will appear to happen, that is normal. Once you’re pressed Ctrl-C on the Amiga then click OK on the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog of the Windows PC. The word “**BREAK” should appear in the Amiga Shell.

11. As instructed, in the Amiga Shell type “RAM:Setup” and press Return.

Then click on the OK button of the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog on the Windows PC.

This will start copying the Amiga Explorer application to the RAM Disk of the Amiga.

12. Once the copy of the Amiga Explorer application to the Amiga’s RAM Disk is complete, click OK on the Amiga Explorer Setup dialog on the Windows PC.

That’s it! The Amiga Explorer application is now located in the Amiga’s RAM DISK. Feel free to either leave it there if you’re only using it temporarily, or copy to a floppy if you need a more convenient way to start it in the future.

Section 4: Using Amiga Explorer over a Serial Port

1. To start or stop the Amiga Explorer application on the Amiga, open the RAM DISK (or wherever you’ve copied the Amiga Explorer application to) and double-click on the AEplorer icon.

Workbench

When you launch the Amiga Explorer application on the Amiga, an AExplorer window will appear showing the connection information. This windows will appear for only a few seconds and then it will disappear.

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To close the Amiga Explorer application on the Amiga, double-click on the AExplore icon again. When you close the Amiga Explorer Application on the Amiga another AExplore window will appear indicating that it’s stopped.

2. Once the Amiga Explorer application is running on the Amiga, launch the Amiga Explorer application on Windows.

3. Below is what the main Amiga Explorer window looks like.

The application is pretty intuitive, but here is a short list of some of the key functions you can use:

  • Navigate the RAM DISK, hard disks, and any floppies inserted into the drives by double clicking their symbol. The example to the right shows me navigating the Workbench 1.3.3 floppy.
  • Copy Amiga Disk Format (ADF) images to a floppy inserted in the Amiga’s drive by dragging and dropping the ADF file from your Windows PC to the Amiga floppy symbol.
  • In a similar but reverse fashion, create Amiga Disk Format (ADF) images for floppies that are inserted in the Amiga’s drives by dragging the ADF file symbol to somewhere on your Windows PC.
  • Format floppies that are inserted in the Amiga’s drives by right-clicking on disk symbol and selecting format from the pop-up menu. (NOTE: This function requires Workbench 2.0 or higher).
  • Copy the Kickstart ROM from your Amiga to your Windows PC by dragging the Kickstart ROM symbol to somewhere on your Windows PC.

Amiga Workbench 1.3 Adf

There are probably a bunch of other functions part of Amiga Explorer, but those will probably be the main ones most will use.

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I hope this article is helpful.