Wolfgang Haller wrote:
> There are two ways to transfer SAM harddisk records (floppy
> disk = Record 0!) to a PC as DSK-files. What you need:
There's soon to be an extra method for 2000/XP users, as the new SamDisk is
almost done. It's not quite as convenient for real hard disks, but still
works - it's better to use a Compact Flash card for easy portability between
SAM and PC.
There's plenty new on the floppy side too, with controller-level access to
floppy disks using a new driver (replacing the old SAMDISK.SYS). I've had
to drop NT4 support, but the improvement in speed and the overall control
means it's well worth it. Access to copy-protected disks is possible, but
not yet implemented (still can't decide which image format to use now SDF is
being dropped).
Back on the BDOS side, here's are some examples:
C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir
2: = 32MB, 64000 sectors, CHS=80,16,50, BDOS (40 records)
C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir 2:
Record names:
1 : one
2 : two
3 : three
4 : four
5 : five
6 : six
7 : seven
8 : eight
C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir 2:7
Record 7: seven
1 B-DOS14e 20 C 32777,10000
2 Formatter 3 BASIC 1
3 MakeBoot 10 BASIC 10
4 MakeBoot.C 1 C 48640,501
5 Makeboot.T 7 C 32768,3215
6 Backup 4 BASIC 20
7 BDOSinfo 3 BASIC 20
8 BDOSINFO.T 57 C 49152,28846
9 HDBOOT .T 9 C 49152,4571
10 HDBOOT 3 BASIC 20
11 HD2disk 3 BASIC 20
Number of Free K-Bytes = 720
11 Files, 69 Free Slots
C:\>SamDisk.exe 2:7 seven.dsk
Disk image written successfully.
C:\>SamDisk.exe 2: harddisk.hdf
Hard disk image created successfully.
I've still got one problem to fix for Colin, but I'll upload the new version
once that's done...
Si
