[Coco] [Color Computer] imgtool.exe in M.E.S.S. 0.74b is bad

[Roger Taylor]

 > The good news is I finally got the MESS emulator working.  I tried
> > imgtool, but just couldn't get the files into the archive properly.
> > However, the retrieve tool some of you mentioned works beautifully.

IMGTOOL.EXE in M.E.S.S. 0.74b is bad.  I have backversions of M.E.S.S. 
since around .56 or so.
The imgtool.exe in 0.68b works right.


 > writes my files.  Retrieve appears to be working fine in a DOS box
> > Windows ME (which is good because I no longer have a dual boot to
>DOS).

I hope it works like this in XP.  It might even appear to run but will 
create blank disk images?  There is an OS9 disk conversion tool on the web 
that claims to work under XP.  It also says you might have to use an older 
floppy drive.  I'm not sure how they did it, because XP has made it almost 
impossible to do such things like accessing non-PC floppy disks.

I think it's a great idea to preserve all of your CoCo floppy disks (and 
tapes, for that matter), and store them on one or two CDs so they'll live 
forever... we hope.  I also keep seeing where some PC manufacturers are 
planning to discontinue the floppy drives altogether.




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