Amiga disk bitmap editor

Galahad/FLT · 19 November 2017, 22:20

I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, it was on a Discovery utilities disk with about 1 million other utils.

It was very useful, in that you could assign tracks or blocks or sectors as used on an AmigaDOS disk, so that when you copied a load of files onto the disk, the track/block/sector you assigned as used in the disk bitmap structure wouldn't be overwritten or touched.

Anyone remember what the hell it was? Was about 30 years ago I last used it :/

kamelito · 19 November 2017, 22:39

Marauder?

Galahad/FLT · 19 November 2017, 22:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamelito

Marauder?

That was just a disk copy tool wasn't it?

emufan · 19 November 2017, 23:20

small list, with some related tools:

Code:

DEKSID
BLOCKED.LHA
DiskEditor.lha
SECTRASH - Trackdisk maker
SECTORED - Disk Sector Editor
DED - Disk editor (1.1)
Sector Trasher 1.4
Diskmon Tools 3.1
Disk Mon Tools 3.6
Disk Buzz
Disk Craft
Disk Editor 3.3
Disk It
Disk Manager 1.4d
Disk Monitor Pro 1.2
Disk Wik
Disk Workshop 1.1
Disk X Special
Smart Disk
BLOODY V1.0 -NON DOS DISK EDITOR
AZAP214.LHA
DiskMon

anything worth to dig out?

Galahad/FLT · 19 November 2017, 23:23

None rings a bell, no worries, just have to do it by hand.

prowler · 19 November 2017, 23:35

Hi Galahad,

If you do have to resort to doing it by hand, this post contains a handy bitmap block map.

kamelito · 20 November 2017, 18:14

Qbtools?

nogginthenog · 20 November 2017, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

It was very useful, in that you could assign tracks or blocks or sectors as used on an AmigaDOS disk, so that when you copied a load of files onto the disk, the track/block/sector you assigned as used in the disk bitmap structure wouldn't be overwritten or touched.
:/

I used such a tool to create a bootable single sided floppy

One of the heads on my internal floppy drive died so I marked the other side as fully used. It worked!

This was in the 1.3 days when you couldn't boot from an external drive.

Can't remember the name sorry!

musashi9 · 22 November 2017, 01:44

http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/release.php?id=83701
Diskmon Prof lets you edit the disk bitmap

prowler · 22 November 2017, 21:23

Wow! Thanks for digging that out, mushashi!

That'll save me from ever again editing a bitmap by hand!

19 November 2017, 22:20	#1
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Amiga disk bitmap editor I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, it was on a Discovery utilities disk with about 1 million other utils. It was very useful, in that you could assign tracks or blocks or sectors as used on an AmigaDOS disk, so that when you copied a load of files onto the disk, the track/block/sector you assigned as used in the disk bitmap structure wouldn't be overwritten or touched. Anyone remember what the hell it was? Was about 30 years ago I last used it :/

19 November 2017, 23:35	#6
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Hi Galahad, If you do have to resort to doing it by hand, this post contains a handy bitmap block map. Last edited by prowler; 19 November 2017 at 23:44. Reason: Show post in thread.

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