23 Apr
2025
23 Apr
'25
5:40 p.m.
Can anyone here tell me what tool I can use to create
DSK, DMK or IMD files from files with the extensions
"raw" and VOL? I am once again trying to get the CPM
Adaptable System for UCSD Pascal to work on an emulator.
I would also like to try and get the PDP-11 version of
UCSD Pascal running again and that requires the same
ability.
bill
23 Apr
23 Apr
6:22 p.m.
If you know the geometry of the disk you want to write, you could use greaseweazle's
conversion function to take the "raw" files (which I presume are just straight
data dumps w/no formatting information) into an IMD or something. IMD's format
includes the diskette geometry in it so the ImageDisk tool knows what to write, and other
software that uses IMD uses the embedded geometry to know what the disk looks like.
"Raw" volumes are typically just straight sector data dumps with no indication
of sector sizes or tracks.
Joe
On Apr 23, 2025, at 8:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Can anyone here tell me what tool I can use to create
DSK, DMK or IMD files from files with the extensions
"raw" and VOL? I am once again trying to get the CPM
Adaptable System for UCSD Pascal to work on an emulator.
I would also like to try and get the PDP-11 version of
UCSD Pascal running again and that requires the same
ability.
bill
24 Apr
24 Apr
9:43 a.m.
On Apr 23, 2025, at 6:22 PM, Joe George via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
If you know the geometry of the disk you want to write, you could use greaseweazle's
conversion function to take the "raw" files (which I presume are just straight
data dumps w/no formatting information) into an IMD or something. IMD's format
includes the diskette geometry in it so the ImageDisk tool knows what to write, and other
software that uses IMD uses the embedded geometry to know what the disk looks like.
"Raw" volumes are typically just straight sector data dumps with no indication
of sector sizes or tracks.
Joe
I’ve also got multiple UCSD disk images in ‘.PDSK’ format. Converting these to be able to
mount them using SIMH would be very useful to me.
I have a Z80 set of files and .dsk images that will run UCSD Pascal using SIMH.
I’d like to get a PDP-11 version of the same running.
The UCSD Pascal mailing list "UCSDPascal(a)groups.xn--io-02t may be of some assistance for
these endeavors.
David
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence
--Napoleon Bonaparte
David Barto
barto(a)kdbarto.org
On Apr 23, 2025, at 8:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Can anyone here tell me what tool I can use to create
DSK, DMK or IMD files from files with the extensions
"raw" and VOL? I am once again trying to get the CPM
Adaptable System for UCSD Pascal to work on an emulator.
I would also like to try and get the PDP-11 version of
UCSD Pascal running again and that requires the same
ability.
bill
1:05 p.m.
On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 at 13:56, David Barto via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I’ve also got multiple UCSD disk images in ‘.PDSK’ format. Converting
these to be able to mount them using SIMH would be very useful to me.
I have a Z80 set of files and .dsk images that will run UCSD Pascal using
SIMH.
I’d like to get a PDP-11 version of the same running.
The UCSD Pascal mailing list "UCSDPascal(a)groups.xn--io-02t may be of some
assistance for these endeavors.
MAME's "floptool" might be useful for some of the scenarios here, it knows
about a LOT of different floppy image formats.
https://docs.mamedev.org/tools/floptool.html
-Henry
On Apr 23, 2025, at 6:22 PM, Joe George via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
If you know the geometry of the disk you want to write, you could use
greaseweazle's conversion function to take the "raw" files (which I
presume
are just straight data dumps w/no formatting information) into an IMD or
something. IMD's format includes the diskette geometry in it so the
ImageDisk tool knows what to write, and other software that uses IMD uses
the embedded geometry to know what the disk looks like. "Raw" volumes are
typically just straight sector data dumps with no indication of sector
sizes or tracks.
Joe
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 8:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Can anyone here tell me what tool I can use to create
DSK, DMK or IMD files from files with the extensions
"raw" and VOL? I am once again trying to get the CPM
Adaptable System for UCSD Pascal to work on an emulator.
I would also like to try and get the PDP-11 version of
UCSD Pascal running again and that requires the same
ability.
bill
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