Watch this space for other methods - well, actually subscribe to Sam Revival as news will hit there first ;)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Owen Sent: 19 November 2004 11:07 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: SAM to PC Wolfgang Haller wrote: > There are two ways to transfer SAM harddisk records (floppy > disk = Record 0!) to a PC as DSK-files. What you need: There's soon to be an extra method for 2000/XP users, as the new SamDisk is almost done. It's not quite as convenient for real hard disks, but still works - it's better to use a Compact Flash card for easy portability between SAM and PC. There's plenty new on the floppy side too, with controller-level access to floppy disks using a new driver (replacing the old SAMDISK.SYS). I've had to drop NT4 support, but the improvement in speed and the overall control means it's well worth it. Access to copy-protected disks is possible, but not yet implemented (still can't decide which image format to use now SDF is being dropped). Back on the BDOS side, here's are some examples: C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir 2: = 32MB, 64000 sectors, CHS=80,16,50, BDOS (40 records) C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir 2: Record names: 1 : one 2 : two 3 : three 4 : four 5 : five 6 : six 7 : seven 8 : eight C:\>SamDisk.exe /dir 2:7 Record 7: seven 1 B-DOS14e 20 C 32777,10000 2 Formatter 3 BASIC 1 3 MakeBoot 10 BASIC 10 4 MakeBoot.C 1 C 48640,501 5 Makeboot.T 7 C 32768,3215 6 Backup 4 BASIC 20 7 BDOSinfo 3 BASIC 20 8 BDOSINFO.T 57 C 49152,28846 9 HDBOOT .T 9 C 49152,4571 10 HDBOOT 3 BASIC 20 11 HD2disk 3 BASIC 20 Number of Free K-Bytes = 720 11 Files, 69 Free Slots C:\>SamDisk.exe 2:7 seven.dsk Disk image written successfully. C:\>SamDisk.exe 2: harddisk.hdf Hard disk image created successfully. I've still got one problem to fix for Colin, but I'll upload the new version once that's done... Si
