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Best tool for imaging QL discs?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:39 pm
by vanpeebles
I'm trying to make a backup image of some very important QL floppy discs. The discs are from Fleet Tactical Command and have built in copy protection including bad sector protection. So far I've had no luck trying to image them on my PC I've tried rawread and omniflop to no success plus a few other random ones.
Any ideas or tips?
Re: Best tool for imaging QL discs?
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:19 am
by Luk
Have you tried FloImg (PC-program) for reading/writing Atari ST disks?
If (if) you can read the QL disks, you can save them as ST diskimages.
These ST diskimages then can be edited with MSA Converter, and files can be saved to your harddisk.
IIRC I edited QL floppies with FloImg (a while ago).
Re: Best tool for imaging QL discs?
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:56 pm
by vanpeebles
Cheers for the post, what settings did you use for FloImg?
Re: Best tool for imaging QL discs?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:10 am
by Luk
Honestly don't know anymore.
I'm servicing a varied number of oldies here and always trying to transfer forgotten software to antique hardware, sometimes with succes. Latest succes was with an Atari PC with 5.25 drive: MS-DOS-program from Internet on modern Windows-PC to USB-stick to old PC with diskdrive, on this PC transfer DOSprog with FloImg (!) to ST-disk, on ST copied the 3.5 disk to 5.25 disk et voilà! (simplified schedule)
Back to the QL floppies...was one of my first projects but I just recently learnt to take notes.
Not even sure if I used FloImg when I come to think of it.
But it sure is/was worth the try. (And I used 'IF' three times!
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