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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MakeDisk v1.4 │
│ Copyright (c) Darren Birks 1997. │
│ email: darren.birks@virgin.net │
│ WWW: http://www.fatal.net/makedisk │
│ 28th December 1997. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
What is MakeDisk :
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MakeDisk is a freeware disk image utility which creates image files of
Atari ST disks. These images can be used with Atari ST emulators such
as PaCifiST, by Frederic Gidouin and WinSTon by Paul Bates. It can read
almost all Atari disks including disks with more than the conventional
79 tracks and 9 sectors.
MakeDisk can also write disk image files back to disks. If the disk is
not formatted to the same number of tracks, sectors and sides as the
original disks then it is reformatted. This means that all the disk images
found on the Internet can be converted back to disk which you can boot up
in a real Atari ST.
MakeDisk can even create blank images which PaCifiST and WinSTon can write
to. These images can be upto any size (within reason). Be warned though,
if you wish to write the images back to real floppy disks you should not use
more that 82 tracks and 10 sectors with 2 sides as these will not write
correctly to standard double density floppy disks.
The last feature of MakeDisk is the ability to clean disk images. This
replaces the boot sector of disk images and replaces it with a blank boot
sector. Use this to remove virus's and anti-virus's which are imcompatible
with the Emulator you are using.
Image Formats Supported: [*NEW in v1.4*]
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Since v1.4, MakeDisk supports two types of image files. The original (.ST)
files were just uncompressed copies of all tracks in logical order. PaCifiST
also supports images created with the Magic Shadow Archiver (.MSA). These
images are compressed and need to be unpacked before been read from or
written to. When writing images back to disks, MakeDisk will examine the image and decide
for itself if the image is a compressed MSA file or an uncompressed .ST file.
When reading images from disks, MakeDisk will assume you want to create an
uncompressed .ST file unless you specify the /MSA paramater.
Usage Examples :
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MAKEDISK /READ DISKD.ST /AUTO
MAKEDISK /READ DISKD.ST /TRACK 80 /SECTOR 10 /SIDE 2
MAKEDISK /READ DISKD.ST /AUTO /MSA
MAKEDISK /READ DISKD.ST /AUTO /SLOW
MAKEDISK /WRITE DISKD.ST /AUTO
MAKEDISK /WRITE DISKD.ST /TRACK 80 /SECTOR 10 /SIDE 2
MAKEDISK /WRITE DISKD.ST /FORMAT
MAKEDISK CREATE DISK.ST /AUTO
MAKEDISK CREATE DISK.ST /TRACK 80 /SECTOR 10 /SIDE 2
MAKEDISK CLEAN DISK.ST /AUTO
MAKEDISK CLEAN DISK.ST /TRACK 80 /SECTOR 10 /SIDE 2
Credits :
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Thanks must go to the following people:
- Frederic Gidouin for creating PaCifiST, The BEST Atari ST Emulator
available for the PC.
http://pacifist.fatal-design.com
- Rich Davey for hosting the MakeDisk home page on the Fatal Design
server. Visit his site, the Little Green Desktop. It's AWESOME!
http://lgd.fatal-design.com
- Jonathan McHugh for supporting MakeDisk in PacifiGUI, His Win95 frontend
for PaCifiST. Download a copy now! You will wonder how you ever managed
without it.
http://www.mchugh1.demon.co.uk
- Andreas Muegge for supporting MakeDisk in PaCifiST Dragon, another cool
graphical frontend for PaCifiST.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/2361
- Matt Sephton for creating the animated MakeDisk gif file used on the
MakeDisk Home Page. Visit his Pompey Pirate Tribute Page.
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~u5ms/pp
- Anyone else who included a link to the MakeDisk Home Page!