旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � MakeDisk v1.4 � � Copyright (c) Darren Birks 1997. � � email: darren.birks@virgin.net � � WWW: http://www.fatal.net/makedisk � � 28th December 1997. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 What is MakeDisk : ------------------ 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*] ---------------------------------------- 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 : ---------------- 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 : --------- 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!