arcimage

This is a small program to read/write disk images from/to Archimedes disks in a PC’s floppy drive.

It can be used in conjunction with Archimedes emulators such as Archi, Red Squirrel, arcem, VirtualA5000, RPCEmu, Riscose and Arculator

Archimedes disk image program for PC
Version 1.1 - Jasper Renow-Clarke 1997,99
Syntax :
  ARCIMG diskimage [operation]
  Operations :
  /read    - Reads disk into image (Default)
  /write   - Writes disk from image
             (Disk must be formatted already using real Archimedes)
  /format  - Formats disk (Doesnt Work !!!)

Some examples are:

Read an Archi D/E format floppy into a disk image

arcimg c:\test.adf
Write an Archi D/E format floppy from a disk image
Note: The floppy must be preformatted on an Arc

arcimg c:\games.adf /write

The “/format” option does not work, I’m not sure why perhaps I’ve done something silly, or missed something.
If you have any suggestions about how I can fix this then email me, and I’ll put it right.

If there are any read errors in creating a file from a disk, then the sectors are displayed in red, otherwise the currently being read sector is displayed, to give you a progress meter. One reason a sector can not be read is that it may be formatted differently for copy protection purposes.

I hope you find this useful, mail me with your comments/suggestions, your feedback is welcomed.

In 2002, Donald Scott wrote a guide to using this software.

Also in 2002, Wocki wrote a graphical front-end to arcimg for Windows 95/98/ME called ArcDisc.

I take no responsibilty whatsoever for the performance of this software, if it breaks something, then it’s not my fault.

You run this software entirely at your own risk.

changelog

v1.1.2 modifications by Tom Humphrey

   read & writes 1.6Mb (F format) disks
   formats 1.6Mb discs
   improved error tollerance on reads