DD images and FS-UAE

22 December 2018, 21:33

Hi all, sorry if this has been asked before. I'm hoping to have some of the old games I made in AMOS copied off some ancient 3.5 floppies, and have been talking to a specialist disk data firm about this. They are happy to try, but have said that the image will be a straight 'dd' image (dd as in the unix tool, which as far as I understand it is a straight copy block by block). Will I be able to load this into FS-UAE? Have any of you tried this before? If it's a straight sector by sector copy, maybe I can just rename it as an .adf file?

Thanks so much in advance. I appreciate I am new to this community. If I get the games read and working, I'll post them here

thomas · 22 December 2018, 21:54

A dd image of an Amiga floppy disk is exactly what we call an ADF. So yes, you can just rename it. Or use it as it is, it does not need to be named in a special way.

However, when you talk about a specialist disk data firm, I hope they don't request too much money from you for the job. Creating image files of Amiga floppy disks is the every day work of many Amiga fans, so it might be much cheaper to send the disks to somebody in your area with an Amiga computer and some means to transfer data between the Amiga and a PC.

There are even tools for PC to read Amiga floppy disks, given that the PC meets certain hardware requirements. For example ADFRead from http://www.winuae.net/download/

22 December 2018, 22:23

Thanks Thomas. It's not that much money, and it's a 'nothing to pay if we can't read it'. I would risk it myself, but the disks have been in a drawer for 20 years, and my understanding is that I'd risk damaging the data permanently if I just stuck them in a disk drive. Maybe that's nonsense, though?

lesta_smsc · 23 December 2018, 14:42

Not familiar with that. I've had old disks read perfectly fine. Depends on how it was stored. If damp or humid then the disks may have developed mould. But if dry then you're usually good to read.

23 December 2018, 19:24

Thanks all for your help!

05 January 2019, 22:53

As promised, here is the game (the link is in the thread below):

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=1295457

22 December 2018, 21:33	#1
shanekelly_92 Posts: n/a	DD images and FS-UAE Hi all, sorry if this has been asked before. I'm hoping to have some of the old games I made in AMOS copied off some ancient 3.5 floppies, and have been talking to a specialist disk data firm about this. They are happy to try, but have said that the image will be a straight 'dd' image (dd as in the unix tool, which as far as I understand it is a straight copy block by block). Will I be able to load this into FS-UAE? Have any of you tried this before? If it's a straight sector by sector copy, maybe I can just rename it as an .adf file? Thanks so much in advance. I appreciate I am new to this community. If I get the games read and working, I'll post them here

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22 December 2018, 21:54	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	A dd image of an Amiga floppy disk is exactly what we call an ADF. So yes, you can just rename it. Or use it as it is, it does not need to be named in a special way. However, when you talk about a specialist disk data firm, I hope they don't request too much money from you for the job. Creating image files of Amiga floppy disks is the every day work of many Amiga fans, so it might be much cheaper to send the disks to somebody in your area with an Amiga computer and some means to transfer data between the Amiga and a PC. There are even tools for PC to read Amiga floppy disks, given that the PC meets certain hardware requirements. For example ADFRead from http://www.winuae.net/download/

22 December 2018, 22:23	#3
shanekelly_92 Posts: n/a	Thanks Thomas. It's not that much money, and it's a 'nothing to pay if we can't read it'. I would risk it myself, but the disks have been in a drawer for 20 years, and my understanding is that I'd risk damaging the data permanently if I just stuck them in a disk drive. Maybe that's nonsense, though?

23 December 2018, 14:42	#4
lesta_smsc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 3,173	Not familiar with that. I've had old disks read perfectly fine. Depends on how it was stored. If damp or humid then the disks may have developed mould. But if dry then you're usually good to read.

23 December 2018, 19:24	#5
shanekelly_92 Posts: n/a	Thanks all for your help!

05 January 2019, 22:53	#6
shanekelly_92 Posts: n/a	As promised, here is the game (the link is in the thread below): http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=1295457

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