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Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:55 pm
by utz
Ah, well then this could be done with a simple batch/shell command.
For Windows .bat, I believe this should do it:
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copy /b /y header.bin+%1 %1.vdk > nul
resp for .sh
header.bin is attached.
However, there's one problem: It seems file2dsk spits out 35 track images, but VDKs are 40 tracks?
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:42 pm
by KenH
As a side note, if you're using Pere's
DOS Extender or Tormod's
DWLOAD ROM you can use the DLOAD / DWLOAD command to load and run .BIN and .BAS files directly on your Dragon without the need to go through a VDK file.
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:53 pm
by pser1
Hi,
file2dsk is a program to create CoCo discs 35 tracks instead of 40.
I think it would be better to use Rolf Michelsen's program DragonTools
You will just need a clean disc to begin with.
cheers
pere
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:20 pm
by utz
If I understand correctly DragonTools is Windows only though. So it's no use to me.
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:44 pm
by Bosco
Had a play with Rolf's Dragon Tools. Works great!
If you could drag files onto it, it'd be amazing!
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:29 pm
by rolfmichelsen
Bosco wrote:Had a play with Rolf's Dragon Tools. Works great!
If you could drag files onto it, it'd be amazing!
I'm planning to fix that this weekend. Hope to get some time for recreational programming then
-- Rolf
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:39 pm
by Bosco
I'm planning to fix that this weekend. Hope to get some time for recreational programming then
That would be awesome!
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:55 pm
by rolfmichelsen
Finally got some time to put together a File2VDK utility based on the DragonTools project. I'm attaching a pre-release to this post. Simply run file2vdk.exe with the files you want stored on a new VDK diskette as command line arguments. The VDK disk image will take it's name from the first filename. A proper release with a bit more error handling will arrive someday... Let me know if you have questions.
-- Rolf
Edit: This program doesn't support dragging files onto it. Will be fixed shortly...
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:30 pm
by Bosco
Hi Rolf.
Just been playing with File2VDK (from the command line). Appears to work perfectly however when I try to load a binary into XRoar (RUN"<name>.BIN") from the generated vdk I get an `?FM ERROR'.
The bin I'm testing with was output from LWASM in DECB binary format.
Re: File2VDK anyone?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:55 pm
by tormod
Bosco, unless Fil2VDK translates DECB binaries into Dragon DOS binaries, this won't work because the RUN command is a Dragon DOS command that will load and run only a file in Dragon DOS format.
Anyway, you are well aware that XRoar can load a DECB binary straight into memory without using DOS and disk images, right?