CP/M archive to image 8" CP/M floppies

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Barry Watzman wrote:

> While images are nice, for CP/M there is another alternative that may be
> more widely useful and easier, although it's less historically accurate.
> That is just to copy the files over to MS-DOS disks, where they can then
> exist in folders on a modern hard drive or be put on CDs or DVDs.  I can
> really see no advantage to a strict "image", as long as one has the files.
>
> The issue that this leaves out is the system tracks, but that is easily
> dealt with:  Runs "SYSGEN", exit, and then do a "SAVE 34 SYSTEM.COM" and you
> have the system tracks as a disk file in a format that is easily restored
> simply using SYSGEN.
>
> This method also has some actual advantages, in terms of being able to
> actually use the software with a CP/M emulator on a PC.
>
> Since I'm not aware of any CP/M programs that did copy protection or any
> other type of manipulation that would require an exact disk image, I don't
> really see the drawback of this approach.

The one main drawback is that this is not an accurate or appropriate way
to create an image for historical preservation.  For this reason I
recommened against what you describe.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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