Originals dms`d?

[stainy]

Can all originals be dms`d?? does anyone know or that MFMWarp business??
All my originals are back at my Mums place in the UK :( and I`ve tried all other sources open to me!

If so, I`m desperately after Player Manager original ( either dms or MFMWarp ) please :)

Thanks in advance


Ian: Please don't type a direct signature, use the option in your User CP (http://eab.abime.net/usercp.php?s=) instead.

[Twistin'Ghost]

DMS is not the best resource for originals. I would recommend MFMWARP for this or that tool from the CAPS team. There's no guarantee, though, that they will be able to write back to a useable disk, however. And MFMWARP may require assistance outside of the usual command line parameters and switches, since disktypes (and protections) vary.

Some of the more technical-minded in this area will be of better assistance here. Just wanted to let you know not to bother using DMS for this purpose.

[Codetapper]

Stainy: Whatever you do, do NOT use DMS. It's quicker and safer to use a disk imaging utility (DIC, Disk2File, DiskWiz, TrackTool, TransADF etc) and LhA/LZX/Zip the result. That way the file is guaranteed to work.

DMS on occasions produces archives which either do not unpack correctly or unpack to a slightly different file to the original!

MFMWarp can be grabbed from the WHDLoad site (http://www.whdload.de/imaging.html) and there are also some pretty thorough instructions for how to image originals on that same page.

[stainy]

Thanks for the info guys, but I`m no position to do any of those things... I live in the States now and all my Amiga stuff is in the uk, including my Player Manager disk, also a boxed verson still in the selophane :( can`t get at em..
I thought you couldn`t pack a disk which is NONDOS on workbench? and get it to work.. I could be completely wrong on this but thats what I remember :(

Ok an official asking now :) is there anyone with the original to this game that could do what I need?? forgetting dms as well :)

Any nice chap, possibly? :)... thanks in advance

[Twistin'Ghost]

Sorry, I don't have an original of this game. But I just wanted to clarify something: DMS will indeed archive non-DOS data, just not copy-protected (ie, MFM) data.