1 Nov
2011
1 Nov
'11
2:15 p.m.
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011, Christian Bartsch | KryoFlux Ltd. wrote:
How did we make it better?
- Now also writes images back to disk. Writing IPF files creates pristine
clones of preserved disks long gone before. It also writes data other
controllers refuse to write.
- Now supports one-pass dumping of "flippy" disks with a modified 5.25"
drive. The problem dumping these is explained here:
http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3#p1991
<http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3#p1991> , comprehensive video
tutorial explains how drives can be modified:
http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=253#p2021
<http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=253#p2021>
- We released the full source code to our own format, IPF, introduced over
ten years ago, that stores original data as found on original disks, e.g.
custom formats and copy protection.
Can we do better? Please let us know!
I'm pleased to see the project opening up (release of library source,
etc). I was a bit uncomfortable with what I perceived to be a proprietary
approach earlier on.
What would really be the clincher for me is the ability to take a sector
image of the various machines, e.g. an Apple ProDOS or DOS 3.3 "*.po"
image and write it to a diskette. I get the impression that it currently
has the ability to read flux transitions and extract such sector images,
but nothing mentions the capability of re-creating a track image and
writing them out to media.
I have an interest in archiving, but I'm also an avid tinkerer with old
hardware and often need to generate "real" diskettes from a sector image.
Some of the machines I would need to do this for:
Northstar hard-sector
Amiga 5.25 and 3.5
C64 (GCR)
Apple 2 and 3 (GCR)
Intel MDS system (M2FM)
...
etc.
I have technical means for all of the above now, but they are inconvenient
and/or require dragging out and setting up something particular to that
one operation. "One stop" shopping would be great.
If the unit is capable of doing this, please advise?
Steve
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