Convert .imd to .scp files?

[mightyframe]

Those files were created using Dave Dunfield's ImageDisk tool http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm

It is a DOS based tool that can be used on any IBM PC compatible with a floppy controller. The above images should be writable on any PC compatible with a 5.25" 48TPI ("360K") drive attached.

Thanks, SomeGuy...your feedback here is VERY appreciated.  And Yes, I think I have also verified this to be the case.

So, it seems that, without some knowledgeable manipulation, the .imd files are not directly compatible with the SuperCard Pro...yet.  I have hope in Jim Drew that he can make his SuperCard Pro read & write ANYTHING!

That is just standard IBM PC format. I don't know if HxC's software supports .imd files, but these would convert to .scp easily if it does.

I should also point out that I tried this route also. HxC software DOES say it supports .imd files. However, I did try a conversion from .imd to .scp, and for me, anyway, HxC's process was somewhat counter-intuitive. I couldn't find a "convert" choosing a single source file, so I could only find the "Batch converter" button, and that gave me a dialogue box where I chose SCP as the target file format, then I pointed the source directory where I had the .imd files stored, and specified a completely separate target directory. I did NOT check "Treat input files as RAW files".

So, after all that, HxC SAYS it converted them successfully, and produced corresponding .scp files, and then the SuperCard Pro would write them to a disk without errors, but alas, the UNIX PC did not recognize that disk as valid. If this route is an option, it is far from straightforward, so for the time being, I abandoned it....just for now though.

So, thinking that these .imd files really were created by David Dunfield's ImageDisk, I followed the instructions that Dave has on his page for this, downloaded the ImageDisk program, then I constructed a pure DOS machine (as recommended) from parts in my vintage computer lab, installed a fresh copy of stand-alone DOS 6.22 on it, and began running ImageDisk on it, worked through 5.25" floppy hardware config issues, jumpers, and on and on and on...all stuff I was hoping to avoid by having the SuperCard Pro.

Well, sure enough, ImageDisk recognizes these .imd files as valid .imd images. That's good...at least I have confirmation!

However, there are a HUGE number of options for which to WRITE to a disk with these .imd images as source files. I've gone through a myrad of iterations here, but it seems that with ImageDisk, you have to get all of the settings just right, to match your hardware, tracks, sides, kbps settings, and on and on.

So, it seems that, in this case, for me anyway, not being the one who created the .imd images, and not knowing what hardware settings or ImageDisk settings that the creator used when he/she created these .imd images, I am only guessing to either match it or find the right compliments to it.

So, after about 40-some combinations of trial and error, I'm growing weary of getting ImageDisk to work for this either.

So, I am really hoping that after rambling on about all of this in painful detail, that Admin, SomeGuy, Jim Drew, or other, can suggest good ways to just extract the necessary raw data out of these .imd files, put it in a .scp friendly format, and write it out.

For testing purposes, I should point out that I can get the SuperCard Pro to create .scp images from the working UNIX PC floppies that I actually have, and then the SuperCard Pro will also create a fresh new disk from that .scp image, that runs flawlessly in the UNIX PC. So, therefore, I can produce some .scp files that to comply with the UNIX PC's format, and maybe we can compare to how HxC converts them? Or, just what we need to extract from the .imd files to get them to match.

Anyway, those are just the final points that I think might be relevant here.

So, if you've read all of that, let me just say thank you! And, I am always very appreciative of what anyone here can offer from their own personal knowledge and experience.

Thanks again,
-AJ
http://MightyFrame.com