★ EMULATION ★ UTILITAIRES ★ CPCTRANS V2 ★ |
| CPCTRANS v2 | Emulation Utilitaires |
This is the simplest way to get CPC software across to the PC. You only need a CPC with a second drive of the correct size. Correct size means that the disks must also fit in your PC drive. (If not, you could still try to connect a 3" drive to your PC.) The PC is persuaded to recognize the CPC formatted disk using a utility to read the CPC formatted disks. This utility is called CPCTRANS. The disk transfer program CPCTRANS I have developed CPCTRANS to create disk images from CPC disks. 'CPCTRANS < source > < destination > < options >'. Examples: 'CPCTRANS B: DISK1.DSK' copies the disk in drive B to the disk image DISK1.DSK. If it does not exist, it is created. The first command only runs for the DATA format. /f 0 : DATA format (default) Note the space between "/f" and the number. When writing back a disk image, the disk in the drive must have the same format! For simple formats you can use 22DISK, described in the next section. For copying the B-side of a disk, use the option "/s 1" With 'CPCTRANS B: DISK1.DSK /s 1' only the B-side of the disk is copied, with 'CPCTRANS DISK1.DSK B: /s 1' it is written back. The option "/v" turns on "verify", so CPCTRANS checks if the copy is correct. That is indeed a bit slower but increases security. The option "/t <count>" sets the number of tracks to copy. The option "/q" (quick format) is a feature with which you can format a disk image, instead of copying data onto it. Nevertheless you have to specify a valid drive as first parameter, even if it is not used. 'CPCTRANS a: SYSTEM.DSK /f 2 /q' formats SYSTEM.DSK as a disk image with SYSTEM format.
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