On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, jadams1 wrote: > I have just returned to the Sam scene but i have lost all my > masterdos/utility disks.Can someone sell me the dos disk so i can start > using the Sam again.Are there any disks mags still around or is format > publication still going?Please do help me/ > j adams
MasterDos is the only DOS you'd need to pay for. SamDos2 isn't technically free, but everybody treats it as if it was. B-DOS is a freeware implementation of SamDOS with a few extra features, including support for the Atom hard disk interface. Have a look at ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/sam-coupe/ In there you'll find lots of disk images for various utilities, games, demos. All freeware. The problem is that most of the files will be stored as .dsk files, or compressed versions. These are a raw disk dump which are very easy to produce by dd on Linux, or you can use Samdsk on a DOS PC to transfer the files onto a floppy. Unfortunately the floppy will probably need to be formatted first... The SAM uses an unusual format (2 sides, 80 tracks per side, 10 sectors per track, 512 bytes per sector) and I don't know of any PC programs which can format it... can anyone correct me? Possibly it can be done under Linux. Alternatively, look for a .TD0 on the ftp site. Assuming your PC can run Teledisk - and not all can, especially newer models - that will at least format the disk corectly. If all else fails, send me your snail-mail address and I'll put a floppy in the post. HTH Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense | | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | to a fool | +----------------+-----------------------------+ and he calls | | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | you foolish |
