Re: nibtools, GCR, G64

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 16:19:58 +0200
Message-Id: <E4943BD9-3EF1-4D62-8EF7-0FBD69119C77@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2013-06-02, at 15:45, Groepaz wrote:

>> I need to use G64 with VICE when I do some low-level operations on the disk
>> drive but those G64 files are created with c1541, which seem to create
>> "crystal clean" images with all SYNC marks being exactly 40 bits,
>> everything clearly byte aligned and sector 0 coming out as first sector
>> within the track data. My guess is that this is hardly something what
>> "real" [*] applications of the format can see.
>> 
>> * - those disks, which wouldn't work on a D64 (damaged, copy-protected,
>> etc.) but still work on real hardware
> 
> well yes, if you want to play with anything that isnt a standard dos formatted 
> disk, then c1541 isnt a good way to create G64s for testing :)

I know - I don't expect it to. That's why I asked if someone could provide me with a good testing set of real world G64s.

> (i didnt even 
> know it can do that, nor expected it to be able to do it =P)

Nate's nibedit is a good starting point. It allows rotating each track by specified number of bits. With this I could at least test the wrap-around/bitshift parts of the code.

-- 
SD!


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