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I downloaded a zip file from genesis8 but it's not DSK

Started by theunbeatablehaggis, 11:26, 28 April 11

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theunbeatablehaggis

Hello,

As the subject says I downloaded a zip file from genesis8 but it's not DSK, it's just the files you would get as if you typed cat on a normal CPC (or after a DSK is loaded on emulator). I thought I could use cpcxfs to create an image but all I get is " "blah blah" is not a DSK image!" every time I try to do anything.

Can anybody tell me what to do?

Peace

arnoldemu

Quote from: theunbeatablehaggis on 11:26, 28 April 11
Hello,

As the subject says I downloaded a zip file from genesis8 but it's not DSK, it's just the files you would get as if you typed cat on a normal CPC (or after a DSK is loaded on emulator). I thought I could use cpcxfs to create an image but all I get is " "blah blah" is not a DSK image!" every time I try to do anything.

Can anybody tell me what to do?

Peace
run cpcxfs

type:

lcd "c:\files"
new -d test.dsk
mput *.*
close
quit

"files" is where you extracted the files to.
new -d makes a new data format disk
mput adds all files to the dsk
close then saves all and writes out dsk
quit then closes cpcxfs


Devilmarkus

You can also use WinApe.
Open a blank DATA formatted DSK into drive 0.
Press CTRL + Shift + F1 then to open disk editor dialog.
There you can drag & drop the single files onto your DSK file.
Have fun!

(JavaCPC is able to do the same with the built-in DiskUtil)
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theunbeatablehaggis

Hey arnoldemu,

Thanks, just did it! Now I can watch a crap demo I coded in 1995...

Cheers too, devilmarkus! Helpful forum, this  :)

arnoldemu

btw, welcome to the forum and wiki!

EDIT: I  am curious, what is the demo called?

AMSDOS

Quote from: Devilmarkus on 11:36, 28 April 11
You can also use WinApe.
Open a blank DATA formatted DSK into drive 0.
Press CTRL + Shift + F1 then to open disk editor dialog.
There you can drag & drop the single files onto your DSK file.
Have fun!

(JavaCPC is able to do the same with the built-in DiskUtil)

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theunbeatablehaggis

Quote from: arnoldemu on 11:54, 28 April 11
btw, welcome to the forum and wiki!

EDIT: I  am curious, what is the demo called?

It was Donut System's Fat Ass demo, a truly terrible piece of work... shame that the only full MC demo I made (B-Boy), with a nice big scroll, ghost writer, raster equalisers, etc. and fully written by me was never released because I lost the disc it was on before I crunched and linked it. Oh well...

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Skunkfish

Quote from: theunbeatablehaggis on 16:48, 08 May 11
It was Donut System's Fat Ass demo, a truly terrible piece of work...

I remember that demo, I found it very amusing in a toilet-humour kind of way!

Speak of Donut System, is Donut Mag/Impact available on-line?
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MacDeath

Quotebut it's not DSK
according to the NewYork judge, it's him and he is even a serial recidivist... ;D

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redbox

Quote from: MacDeath on 12:52, 17 May 11
according to the NewYork judge, it's him and he is even a serial recidivist... ;D


It made me laugh when I saw on the news that Frenchies refer to him simply as DSK.


Better than the Napoleon/Sarkozy/small-man-syndrome jokes we usually hear  ;)

theunbeatablehaggis

Quote from: Skunkfish on 09:53, 11 May 11
I remember that demo, I found it very amusing in a toilet-humour kind of way!

Speak of Donut System, is Donut Mag/Impact available on-line?

You can get Impact 5 and Donut Mag 1 and 2 for an emulator if you look for them.

Being 30 now and having made them when I was about 14-16, it's pretty cringe worthy to say the least!

fgbrain


QuoteAs the subject says I downloaded a zip file from genesis8 but it's not DSK, it's just the files you would get as if you typed cat on a normal CPC (or after a DSK is loaded on emulator). I thought I could use cpcxfs to create an image but all I get is " "blah blah" is not a DSK image!" every time I try to do anything.

Can anybody tell me what to do?

you can also use ManageDSK tool by Demoniak.
first create a blank DSK, then add your files and you're done.
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