Re: Disk Images

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Roger Johnstone writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > william strutts writes ...
> >>
> >> What is the difference between a 2mg and a dsk format?
> >
> >      Don't know. It would be interesting to have someone explain the .2mg
> > format.
> 
> DSK files are images of 140KB 5.25" floppy disks. They are simply a dump of
> the sectors that make up a disk with no header info. Universal images hold
> extra info in a header, including whether the disk is locked, the volume
> number for a DOS disk and sector ordering (DOS vs ProDOS). They can also
> hold nibbilised data (like NIB images) and more than 140KB for 3.5" floppies
> and hard drive images.
> 
> http://a2central.com/programming/resources/filetypes/ftn-e0.0130.html has a
> full explanation of the Universal Disk Image format aka 2IMG.
> 
 ....

     Thanks for the info. The page on A2Central.com does a nice job of
describing the format.



Rubywand