A new MSX Disk Image utility | MSX Resource Center (Page 5/7)

Par Gig71

Expert (81)

12-02-2020, 17:43

Thanks.
Don't knew it.

Par Gig71

Expert (81)

12-02-2020, 20:09

Here is the version 0.0.5 that give me the error, with ono disk image to test.
But it gave me error with all images, not only this.

version 0.0.6 works fine.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Zn0mYdX_a-a_pi_ZBp5wl9WtQv...

Does this tool store settings?
If so , it would be nice it stores in the program folder (portable).
Thanks

Par robodrunk

Resident (50)

13-02-2020, 06:53

Gig71 wrote:

Here is the version 0.0.5 that give me the error, with ono disk image to test.
But it gave me error with all images, not only this.
version 0.0.6 works fine.

Thank you, Gig71.
Yes, I've fixed this problem when I made 006, it was just a missed thing left in 005.

Par robodrunk

Resident (50)

13-02-2020, 06:59

DRomero wrote:

Thanks a lot! I really like the simplicity and ease of use. This is nkw my favorite tool to managing dsk images.

Thank you, DRomero! I'll try to make it even more useful.

DRomero wrote:

Have you think to support openMSX HD images? I know maybe I'm asking for too much and I'm already grateful for the tool in this state. But it will make the ultimate FDD/HD image tool

I didn't yet encounter these things in practice (the HDD images).
How do I even get those for some initial checks?
Not promising anything for now, though.

Par Manuel

Ascended (19677)

13-02-2020, 16:44

openMSX harddisk images are just files representing the sectors of a harddisk (or SD card or CF card, ... Etc.). Nothing more, nothing less. So it is just sector data.

Par rderooy

Paladin (686)

13-02-2020, 18:03

@Manuel: true, but unlike disks with HDDs you have partitions that have to be taken into account. So ideally you must be able to read (and write if you want to also create HDD images from scratch) the partition table.

Do you happen to know if the partition tables are the same for Nextor, Sunrise, Beer IDE and Novaxis?

Par spacemoai1973

Ambassador (0)

13-02-2020, 20:16

Partition tables on various MSX harddisk interfaces are not the same.

Par Manuel

Ascended (19677)

13-02-2020, 23:38

Indeed. But my point was: an "openMSX HDD image" doesn't exist. Or at least, it's very trivial. But a "Nextor", "Sunrise", "Beer IDE" or "Novaxis" HDD image does exist. And that's not trivial.

Par rderooy

Paladin (686)

14-02-2020, 10:35

So if you want to add HDD image support, you probably want to focus on Nextor, at least to begin with, since it is the most common these days.

Par robodrunk

Resident (50)

15-02-2020, 06:00

New version update

Version 0.0.7
* A super-simple Hex viewer was implemented for binary files (auto-detects and respectively shows hex dumps or text)
* A menu entry was added to Disk Image browser for current directory selection
* Recent disk images where placed into a submenu
* A "Recent Folders" submenu was added (subitems select the current disk image file browser directory)

Download link: http://www.pen-code.com/files/MSXDiskTool.zip