Converting .TD0 to .IMD / new utility

I've been converting some of the .TD0 image files that
various people
have sent to me into .IMD format using the tried and true
"write it
to a disk with Teledisk, and read it back in with
Imagedisk" technique.

This works, but gets tedious as you need to keep
starting/exiting
Teledisk and ImageDisk, remember which file you are working
on over
the time it takes to read/write the disk, and worst of all,
write
down the comment record from the Teledisk screen and
manually enter
it into ImageDisk when creating the disk.

Got tiring rather quickly... So I wrote a new utility which
might
be handy to anyone else wishing to convert images:

TD2IMD automates much of the process of converting Teledisk
.TD0
images into Imagedisk .IMD format. It builds a list of all
.TD0
files specified (you can use '*' so "TD2IMD *"
does all .TD0 files
in the current directory), then launches Teledisk and
Imagedisk
in turn allowng you to write/read the disk. With a single
keystroke
TD2IMD will enter the filename into Teledisk, then capture
the
comment record displayed on the screen and place it in an
empty
.IMD file of the same name.  After you finish with Teledisk,
it
automatically launches Imagedisk, and also with a
single-keystroke
enters the filename. Imagedisk reads the comment from the
empty
.IMD file, lets you edit it if you wish, then reads the disk
into
the file.

Goes MUCH faster!

TD2IMD is available on my site, go to the software page,
then
pick "Teledisk", and look for TD2IMD on the
subpage.

Regards,
Dave

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Dave Dunfield wrote:
> I've been converting some of the .TD0 image files that
various people
> have sent to me into .IMD format using the tried and
true "write it
> to a disk with Teledisk, and read it back in with
Imagedisk" technique.

Or, you could just ask Chuck for the Teledisk file
format...
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> > I've been converting some of the .TD0 image files
that various people
> > have sent to me into .IMD format using the tried
and true "write it
> > to a disk with Teledisk, and read it back in with
Imagedisk" technique.
> 
> Or, you could just ask Chuck for the Teledisk file
format...

Did that quite some time ago - He's not allowed to tell...

There's a bit of reverse engineered information on the web,
but it does not
seem complete - Writing to a disk and re-reading seems like
the quickest and
most reliable way to do it given that I didn't have THAT
many to do. Having
the filenames auto-entered, and the comments captured and
transferred makes
this approach reasonable to do.

Dave

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Dave Dunfield wrote:
>>> I've been converting some of the .TD0 image
files that various people
>>> have sent to me into .IMD format using the
tried and true "write it
>>> to a disk with Teledisk, and read it back in
with Imagedisk" technique.
>> Or, you could just ask Chuck for the Teledisk file
format...
> 
> Did that quite some time ago - He's not allowed to
tell...

Sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

> There's a bit of reverse engineered information on the
web, but it does not
> seem complete - Writing to a disk and re-reading seems
like the quickest and
> most reliable way to do it given that I didn't have
THAT many to do. Having
> the filenames auto-entered, and the comments captured
and transferred makes
> this approach reasonable to do.

But how can you be *sure* nothing was mangled in the
conversion?  If you 
can avoid two analog generational losses, hey, why not...
-- 
Jim Leonard (trixteroldskool.org)            http://www.oldskool.org/

Help our electronic games project:           http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at     http://www.mindcandydvd.
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