Bad DMS files on 17-bit CD-ROMs

mark_k · 13 September 2008, 16:57

Hi,

I've been going through some DMS files on the 17-bit Software CD-ROMs and found quite a few that don't work.

The reason for at least some of them not working is that whoever created the DMS files should have used the NOZERO option, but didn't.

Does anyone have a list of the broken/bad files? If anyone comes across some actual 17-bit floppy disks it might be a good idea not to throw them away thinking that all the data is on the CD-ROMs! (Not to mention that loads of disks are completely missing from the CDs.)

ma693541 · 13 September 2008, 18:03

Hi. I have noticed the same as you have mark k. Bad .DMS files and the missing disk's are for adults and not for children, that's why some numbered disk's are missing on their CD's.

hit · 14 September 2008, 17:21

just some links. not sure where you were looking:
vol 1-4
http://ftp.back2roots.org/back2roots/cds/almathera/
vol 5-6
http://ftp.back2roots.org/back2roots/cds/17bit/

maybe you find missing files there?

OddbOd · 14 September 2008, 18:17

Those are the CDs that the previous posters are talking about. What makes it even more annoying is that TOSEC lists the 17bit discs by name not by disc number so matching up the missing ones is a royal pain in the ass.

13 September 2008, 16:57	#1
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,349	Bad DMS files on 17-bit CD-ROMs Hi, I've been going through some DMS files on the 17-bit Software CD-ROMs and found quite a few that don't work. The reason for at least some of them not working is that whoever created the DMS files should have used the NOZERO option, but didn't. Does anyone have a list of the broken/bad files? If anyone comes across some actual 17-bit floppy disks it might be a good idea not to throw them away thinking that all the data is on the CD-ROMs! (Not to mention that loads of disks are completely missing from the CDs.)

13 September 2008, 18:03	#2
ma693541 Computer Wizard Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramberg/Norway Posts: 928	Bad DMS files on 17-bit CD-ROMs Hi. I have noticed the same as you have mark k. Bad .DMS files and the missing disk's are for adults and not for children, that's why some numbered disk's are missing on their CD's.

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14 September 2008, 17:21	#3
hit Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: planet earth Posts: 1,115	just some links. not sure where you were looking: vol 1-4 http://ftp.back2roots.org/back2roots/cds/almathera/ vol 5-6 http://ftp.back2roots.org/back2roots/cds/17bit/ maybe you find missing files there?

14 September 2008, 18:17	#4
OddbOd Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Australia Age: 47 Posts: 666	Those are the CDs that the previous posters are talking about. What makes it even more annoying is that TOSEC lists the 17bit discs by name not by disc number so matching up the missing ones is a royal pain in the ass.

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