Creating ST disk images with PC

[SpicyChronos]

Hi All,

 

I have a fairly large collection of Atari ST disks, that are either PD/Shareware that I would like to create images to use in a emulator or provide to the TOSEC scene.

 

I need something to create .ST .MSA disk images, if that is what is currently used for images, or I can attempt to use something else.

 

Please let me know of some links, sites, etc.

 

Thanks all.

 

-SC

[ijor]

There are several utilities for creating ST/MSA disks under DOS or Windows. The most popular is probably Makedisk. Makedisk works great under plain DOS.

 

If you have Win Me or laters systems, then it might be difficult to boot to DOS. You can either create a small bootable DOS (or Win 98) partition. Or just a FAT non-bootable partition and boot from floppies.

 

If you still have your ST computer with a hard disk or enough RAM for a big ramdisk, then you can create the image on the ST. Then you transfer the file to the PC.