Date   : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:58:25 GMT
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: ANN: Updated disk imaging tools

J.G.Harston wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> > Tried with one of JGHs utils. but it seemed to be limited to 640K
> > discs, and the first disc I tried was an 800K!  So tried ADFimager,
> Read800 and Write800 will do 800K disks - as I said, I really need to
> tidy those tools up and rename them to something sensible ;)

Updated Disk imaging tools at http://mfs.net/Apps/DiskTools

DiskToImg creates a disk image from a floppy disk, and ImgToDisk
performs the complementary action of copying a disk image to a
floppy disk, optionally formatting it first.

Syntax: DiskToImg <src drive> <outfile> -size <num> -v -help
Syntax: ImgToDisk <infile> <dest drive> -size <num> -format -v -help

Disk formats that can be copied are specified with the -size
parameter as follows:
                                bytes/          seq/
           sides tracks sectors sectors density int  examples
 -size 200K  1    80      10      256    FM     seq  DFS
 -size 320K  1    80      16      256    MFM    seq  ADFS M
 -size 400K  2    80      10      256    FM     seq  2xDFS, AcornCPM, HADFS
 -size 640K  2    80      16      256    MFM    seq  ADFS L
 -size 720K  2    80       9      512    MFM    int  DOS
 -size 800K  2    80       5     1024    MFM    int  MDFS, AcornDOS, ADFS D,E

If the -help option is given, a summary list is displayed.

If the -v option is given, then a updating display of the current
track being transfered is displayed.

If the -format option is use with ImgToDisk, then the destination
disk is formatted before copying. Otherwise, the destination disk
must already be suitably formatted for the image to be copied to
it. The -format option only works for 640K, 720K and 800K.

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J.G.Harston - jgh@...