Short:    EmuCPC .CPCD to .DSK format convertor
Uploader: Gerald Schnabel (Gerri@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de)
Author:   Gerald Schnabel (Gerri@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de)
Type:     misc/emu
Kurz:     EmuCPC .CPCD nach .DSK Format Konvertierer
Version:  1.1

Introduction:
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  Some weeks ago I decided to connect my old Amstrad CPC 464 to my AMIGA in
order to transfer my CPC disks. There exist some emulators (A-CPC, Ami-CPC,
EmuCPC, ...), so you can play those old 8bit classic games that have never
been converted to the AMIGA :)

  I built the connector and I used the transfer software that comes with
EmuCPC v0.7 by Stephane Tavenard and it worked very well! The converted disks
are written in the double sided EmuCPC .CPCD disk format but the common disk
image format for CPC emulators is the single sided CPCEmu .DSK format.

  I looked for a converter and found CPCConv v1.02 on Aminet but it cannot
handle revision 1 of the .CPCD format used by EmuCPC v0.7 :(
It also would convert the double sided .CPCD disk image to a double sided .DSK
image. And the second side is unusable... (with A-CPC & Ami-CPC. Am I right?
I did not find any information how to switch to the second side of a .DSK
image with both of these emulators. If you know it send me an email!)

  So I had to write my own convertor, CPCD2DSK, which is mainly based on
CPC2DSK.c by Ludovic Deplanque, the author of Ami-CPC. CPCD2DSK converts a
double sided .CPCD disk image to two single sided .DSK images.


Disclaimer:
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This software is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied. In no event will the author be liable for direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential damages or data loss resulting from
the use or application of this software. The entire risk as to the results
and performance of this software is assumed by the user.


Usage:
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CPCD2DSK CPCDFILE/A DSKFILE

CPCDFILE: name of the EmuCPC .CPCD disk image
DSKFILE:  basename of the CPCEmu .DSK disk images (optional)

The output files will be named "#?_A.DSK" & "#?_B.DSK."


Examples:

1. CPCD2DSK Games01

   will convert "Games01" to "Games01_A.DSK" & "Games01_B.DSK"

2. CPCD2DSK Games01.CPCD

   will convert "Games01.CPCD" to "Games01_A.DSK" & "Games01_B.DSK"
   (the extension ".CPCD" will be automatically cut)

3. CPCD2DSK Games01.CPCD Spiele01.DSK

   will convert "Games01.CPCD" to "Spiele01_A.DSK" & "Spiele01_B.DSK"
   (the ".DSK" extension of the output file will be recognized and is handled
    correctly! No "#?.DSK_?.DSK" files...)


Archive contents:
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CPCD2DSK                    the convertor
CPCD2DSK.c                  source code in C
CPCD2DSK.readme             this .readme file


Freeware:
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This program is freeware.

If somebody out there finds CPCD2DSK useful it would be nice to send me an email!


Author:
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Gerald Schnabel (Gerri@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de)


History:
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v1.0 - 23.07.98: -First version, never released

v1.1 - 05.08.98: -Added check for .CPCD file
                 -Improved error handling and output
                 -Released to Aminet