This is a small program to read/write disk images from/to Archimedes disks in a PC's floppy drive.
It can be used in conjunction with Archimedes emulators such as Archi, Red Squirrel, arcem, VirtualA5000, RPCEmu, Riscose and Arculator
Archimedes disk image program for PC
Version 1.1 - Jasper Renow-Clarke 1997,99
Syntax :
ARCIMG diskimage [operation]
Operations :
/read - Reads disk into image (Default)
/write - Writes disk from image
(Disk must be formatted already using real Archimedes)
/format - Formats disk (Doesnt Work !!!)
- Read an Archi D/E format floppy into a disk image
arcimg c:\test.adf
- Write an Archi D/E format floppy from a disk image Note: The floppy must be preformatted on an Arc
arcimg c:\games.adf /write
The "/format" option does not work, I'm not sure why perhaps I've done something silly, or missed something. If you have any suggestions about how I can fix this then email me, and I'll put it right.
If there are any read errors in creating a file from a disk, then the sectors are displayed in red, otherwise the currently being read sector is displayed, to give you a progress meter. One reason a sector can not be read is that it may be formatted differently for copy protection purposes.
I hope you find this useful, mail me with your comments/suggestions, your feedback is welcomed.
In 2002, Donald Scott wrote a guide to using this software.
Also in 2002, Wocki wrote a graphical front-end to arcimg for Windows 95/98/ME called ArcDisc.
I take no responsibilty whatsoever for the performance of this software, if it breaks something, then it's not my fault.
You run this software entirely at your own risk.
(c) 1997-2000, Jasper Renow-Clarke
v1.1.2 modifications by Tom Humphrey
read & writes 1.6Mb (F format) disks formats 1.6Mb discs improved error tollerance on reads