Gavin Smith wrote:
I know of a few people with a CD drive connected - Wolfgang, you have
this setup don't you? I haven't tried it, but from what I understand,
it's possible to bung a CD containing .dsks into a drive connected to
a SAM - it's then possible to write the .dsk to an Atom connected HD
or CF card. I thought that was rather nice and I'd like to keep that
going if possible.
If possible, though, I'd like us to use one format and one method of
compression. Would it therefore be easier to make everything .sdf in
the first place and work on tools to work with these files?
Gavin
Hi!
Yes, I have my SAM connected with harddisk(s) and a CD-ROM. What you
need is:
The Atom interface
A CD containing DSK-files!!!
B-DOS, best from version 1.5a on
The commad line: COPY*"xxxx.dsk" TO (DEVICE 2) RECORD yyyy LABEL
The asterix is important for CD access (like DIR*). Device can be 2 oder
3 (if available). Don´t forget the command LABEL at the end! Otherwise
it could lock your Record. This all works without problems.
The DSK files are the most used ones. Using an emulator it is also
possible to read this filetype if it is in a ZIPped one.
To the name voting: First I prefered "samcommunity.org", but a community
is a connection of persons, who have ALL the same interest. I can´t see
this community.
So I prefer "worldofsam.org" as it comes nearest to the things that are
planned.
Wolfgang
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