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- Short: ACPC->AMICPC disk image convertor
- Uploader: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (John Girvin)
- Author: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (John Girvin)
- Type: misc/emu
-
- TITLE
-
- dsk2cpc
-
-
- VERSION
-
- 1.00
-
-
- AUTHOR
-
- John Girvin
-
- E-Mail: jgirvin@bfs.unibol.com (work)
- girv@girvnet.demon.co.uk (play)
-
- SnailMail:
- John Girvin,
- 25 Moorgate Street,
- Belfast BT5 5BZ,
- Northern Ireland,
- United Kingdom.
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- dsk2cpc converts the disk images used with ACPC (".DSK" format) to
- those used by AMI-CPC (".CPC" format). Why? Because AMICPC is a *lot*
- faster than ACPC, but most of the internet available CPC software
- is in .DSK format.
-
- ACPC and AMICPC are two Amstrad CPC emulators for the Amiga. An
- Amstrad CPC is an 8 bit Colour Personal Computer made by Amstrad
- Consumer Electronics plc.
-
-
- ARCHIVE CONTENTS
-
- dsk2cpc - executable file
- dsk2cpc.doc - documentation, this file.
-
-
- USAGE
-
- CLI/Shell only.
-
- The general format is:
-
- dsk2cpc <infile.DSK> <outfile.CPC>
-
- Both filenames must be supplied and should specify the complete
- path and filename of their respective files.
-
- Eg: to convert "mydisk.dsk" (ACPC format) in directory "ACPC:Disks"
- to to "mydisk.cpc" (AMICPC format) in directory "AMICPC:Disks", open
- a shell window and type:
-
- dsk2cpc ACPC:Disks/mydisk.dsk AMICPC:Disks/mydisk.cpc
-
-
- BUGS/CAVEATS
-
- dsk2cpc is provided "as is" and is used at your own risk.
-
- The author is not liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or
- misuse of this program. It almost certainly *wont* destroy your Amiga,
- but if it does (or does anything else untoward) then I cannot be held
- responsible. For the truly paranoid, I can make the source code
- available.
-
- dsk2cpc was written in Blitz Basic 2 (for ease of coding) v1.8. There
- is a bug in this language concerning command line parameter handling:
- if you type any extra characters after the final parameter (the name
- of the output file) then they are interpreted by Blitz as an another
- parameter, leading to dsk2cpc thinking you have supplied too many
- parameters and aborting. To avoid this, simply ensure that there
- are no extra characters after the end of the output filename.
-
- You should be aware that the .CPC format used by AMICPC is more
- restricted than the .DSK format used by ACPC. This means that certain
- .DSK images cannot be converted to matching .CPC images or will not
- work properly when converted. This is not the fault of dsk2cpc but
- a limitation of the .CPC format which was designed (I think) to handle
- only standard non-protected AMSDOS disks. Should you attempt to
- convert such an image, dsk2cpc will stop and inform you of the error.
-
- dsk2cpc was designed to work with the disk images used by ACPC v1.1
- and AMICPC v0.29. Should either of these disk image formats change
- with new versions of the emulators, dsk2cpc may not work as expected.
- I doubt if it will crash, but the output disk image will probably
- be unuseable.
-
-
- SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
-
- The conversion is performed in-memory, so approximately 400K of
- free memory (of any type) is required to run the program. This
- requirement may be reduced in future releases.
-
- Tested on a1200/68030+68882-40Mhz/8Mb/KS3.0, but should run on
- any Amiga. If you have a problem running dsk2cpc then I WANT TO
- KNOW! Feel free to get in touch.
-
-
- HISTORY
-
- 1.0 First version. Released to Aminet in January 1996.
-
-
- HOST NAMES
-
- Uploaded to wuarchive.wustl.edu (Aminet) prob. in misc/emu
-
-
- FILE NAMES
-
- dsk2cpc10.lha
-
-
- PRICE
-
- One email message - dsk2cpc is emailware (if you like it let me know :)
-
-
- DISTRIBUTABILITY
-
- (c) 1996 John Girvin. No modifications may be made to either the
- program or its accompanying documentation without my consent.
-
- Freely Distributable, provided the files dsk2cpc and dsk2cpc.doc
- are included unchanged in any distribution and no more than minimal
- handling/media costs are charged.
-
- The authors of Amiga CPC emulators are given specific permission
- to include dsk2cpc in any of their CPC related distributions. Drop
- me a line if you do, OK?
-
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
- ACPC is (c) Kevin Thacker. For all things Amstrad, check out his web
- page at: http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/User/K.E.W.Thacker/Amstrad/index.html
- You can download the latest version of ACPC and AMICPC from there.
-
- The .DSK format specification is also available there (amongst others)
- along with a whole host of other Amstrad related material.
-
-
- AMICPC is (c) Ludovic Deplanque. I dont think he has an internet email
- address, but the docs in the AMICPC archive give his address as:
-
- Ludovic DEPLANQUE
- 70, rue Victor Hugo
- 59210 Coudekerque Branche
-
- If anyone knows Ludovic's email address then please get in touch.
-
- AMICPC can be found at ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/amstrad/emulator/ami-cpc.lha
-
-
- Blitz Basic 2 is (c) Acid Software.
-