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- WRITETRD v1.0
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- MS-DOS or .TAP file to Betadisk image writer.
- (public domain)
- Syntax: WRITETRD image_file file
- where image_file is a raw dump of Betadisk (TR-DOS) formatted
- diskette (without sector IDs)
- and file is the name of converted file.
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- Function: This program writes a specified file to a Betadisk diskette
- image file for futher use in some TR-DOS Spectrum emulator
- under MS-DOS or writing back to a TR-DOS diskette.
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- Normal MS-DOS file writes it as CODE file, the blocks of .TAP
- file as BASIC, CODE or DATA file. Special case is a headerless
- file. Headerless file is written using the standard invented by
- the author: filename is "NoHeader", type "CODE", in start field
- is stored the flagbyte and in length field the filelength.
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- Error messages: A error message is given when image_file or file doesn't
- exist, or specified image_file isn't a valid image file.
- For writing files there are these limitations:
- 1) The written file may not be longer than 0xff00 bytes
- 2) In the dump directory can't be more than 128 files
- 3) On the disk image must be enough free space for a file.
- If any of these conditions fails, a error message appears
- and the writing process terminates. The conditions are
- tested before processing each block of .TAP file.
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- Note: The program doesn't handle snapshot file formats .SNA, .Z80, .SP etc.
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- Bugreports, coments, etc. to eged@elf.stuba.sk ( only till august 1996 :( )