DIC * The Disk-Image-Creator

A small tool to create disk-image-files on your harddisk, from NDOS floppy disks.

Installation

copy it to C: or a similar place

Usage

enter directory where the images should stored
type "DIC" on the Shell and press RETURN
now insert the disks and follow the instructions from DIC
after the last disk is read by DIC break it by pressing CTRL-C

Options

DEVICE,SIZE/K,FD=FIRSTDISK/K/N,LD=LASTDISK/K/N
DEVICE the device from which DIC will read the disks
default "DF0:"
example "RAD:"
SIZE/K the size of the image to create, useful if there is an unused area at the end of the disk, if size is larger than the physical imagesize it is ignored
FD=FIRSTDISK/K/N number of the first disk
default "FD=1"
example "FD=0"
LD=LASTDISK/K/N default "LD=999999"
example "LD=3"

Return code

The return code is set to 0 if all disks from "FD" up to "LD" are read successfully. Otherwise 10 is returned.

Background

DIC can read any diskgeometry, also HD's. If a track cannot be read, the area in the diskimage is filled with the pattern "TDIC" and DIC goes to the next track, anyway an error message will you inform about this.