Hi! I was wondering if it's any way to write DSK images on floppies, to use them on a real amstrad.
Also, if it's any way to convert them to WAV, so i can record them on cassettes
Hi Geogrig,
DSK are disk images.
The physical disk structure is quite different to the physical tape structure. So you cannot convert a DSK file to WAV, sorry.
What you can do is: extract / edit the files on a DSK file with an emulator and then write to a WAV tape. (e.g. JavaCPC can save WAV tapes, CPCE can save CSW tapes...)
But you'll have to edit loaders, etc... to work from tape instead of disk...
Forgot the most important reply:
You can use a PC with a 3" drive connected to it, and tools like SamDisk or CPCDiskXP to copy DSK files to real disks.
If you have a 3,5" drive connected to your CPC, then you can also transfer to 3,5" disks...
I once connected my 3" drive to my PC and it worked nice.
Sadly my actual PC doesn't have an internal floppy controller, so I can't connect it anymore :(
Connect a 3" drive to PC: (Short guide for FD-1)
You need an external 3" drive with case, power supply etc...
- Power off your PC and of course the floppy drive. (Remove power cables)
- Open the drive's case.
- @ backside is a 2-wired plug connected to a small pcb which holds the floppy cable socket. Unplug it, it's 5v power suppy for the DDI-floppycontroller. You don't need it with your PC.
- Close the 3" drive's case.
- Connect a 3,5" floppy cable to the drive (Perhaps you have to remove some plastic noses to make sure it fits into the socket)
- Connect the other side of this cable on your PC's motherboard.
- Power on the floppy drive, then your PC
- Enter the PC's bios and declare this drive as 5,25" 178k drive
- Boot up Windows
- Don't try to access directly to this drive!!! It may cause ear hurting noises...
- Install CPCDiskXP and the included low-level driver
- Only use a transfer tool (CPCDiskXP) to transfer DSK files
- Have fun...