09-11-2018, 06:06 AM
Before I pursue creating some kind of sector image, I'd like to nail down for sure whether there's some way to create a duplicate disk for use on a real Macintosh, and what the procedure for that would be. I consider this to be the ultimate test of an archival-quality disk image.
According to the manual included with the latest versions of a8rawconv (0.92, weaktest), Macintosh 3.5" disk support includes "diagnostic decode only," while other formats support bonafide reading, and only the Atari formats support writing. Thus, I can't create a duplicate disk without write support. Or would you rather recommend that I create a .scp image and write it to a disk, both using a8rawconv?
Furthermore, even if I do create a decoded sector image, such as a .img file created by PCE tools, I'm not aware of any way to write such an image to a real disk. Using it with an emulator would be the only option. The only conventional way to write a 400K/800K Mac disk is to use a real Mac with a variable-speed drive, which requires a disk image format that a program in the Classic Mac OS can use. The only other method I can think of is to use something such as the SCP to read the flux right off the original disk, then plop it right back down onto a blank disk, which I haven't been able to do so far.
Before I consider using an emulator, I'd like to know all possible methods of duplicating the disk. I'm perfectly fine with buying other floppy drives if that might help. Thank you very much for your assistance thus far!
According to the manual included with the latest versions of a8rawconv (0.92, weaktest), Macintosh 3.5" disk support includes "diagnostic decode only," while other formats support bonafide reading, and only the Atari formats support writing. Thus, I can't create a duplicate disk without write support. Or would you rather recommend that I create a .scp image and write it to a disk, both using a8rawconv?
Furthermore, even if I do create a decoded sector image, such as a .img file created by PCE tools, I'm not aware of any way to write such an image to a real disk. Using it with an emulator would be the only option. The only conventional way to write a 400K/800K Mac disk is to use a real Mac with a variable-speed drive, which requires a disk image format that a program in the Classic Mac OS can use. The only other method I can think of is to use something such as the SCP to read the flux right off the original disk, then plop it right back down onto a blank disk, which I haven't been able to do so far.
Before I consider using an emulator, I'd like to know all possible methods of duplicating the disk. I'm perfectly fine with buying other floppy drives if that might help. Thank you very much for your assistance thus far!