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- Disk2File
- An Apple ][ DOS 3.3 Disk Reader
- By Ron Menelli
-
- Copyright (c) 1992,1994 Ronald J. Menelli
-
-
- This program is copyrighted but freely redistributable. Distribute it
- as you like, as long as the package is distributed as an unmodified
- whole.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Disk2File is a program that simply reads an Apple ][ DOS 3.3 formatted
- 5 1/4" disk and writes the entire contents of the disk to an AmigaDOS
- file.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- Disk2File runs on any Amiga computer that has an Amiga 1020 or equivalent
- 5 1/4" drive. At the time of this writing, Disk2File has only been tested
- on an A3000-25 with AmigaDOS 3.1 and an Amiga 1020 drive.
-
-
- USAGE
-
- To run this program, put your Apple ][ disk in your Amiga 5 1/4" drive
- and, in a shell window, type:
-
- Disk2File DFx: file_name
-
- Where DFx: is one of DF0:, DF1:, DF2:, DF3: (whichever your 5 1/4" drive
- is) and file_name is the desired output file name. Provided there are no
- read errors, the data on the disk will be copied to the Amiga file.
-
-
- FILE FORMAT
-
- The format of the output file is one that is used by a number of Apple ][
- emulators. The data in the file is merely each sector of the disk written
- one after the other (in sequential order, not the order the sectors are
- stored on the disk), starting at track 0, sector 0. The data is completely
- decoded from its original GCR form, so no further conversion need be done
- by the emulator.
-
-
- VERSION HISTORY
-
- 1.1 5/19/94 Fixed a number of silly decoding bugs that didn't appear until
- now. Added full checking of markers and checksums.
- First public release.
-
- 1.0 First try - basic functionality.
-
-
-
- Please send bug reports, complaints, suggestions and moral support to:
-
- menelli@uiuc.edu
-
- Oh yeah, let me know if you get this program working with the IBM 5 1/4"
- drive hack. I haven't hacked a drive myself - yet.
-
-
- Ron Menelli
- May 19, 1994
-