blacka013 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hi, hope someone can help. I have downloaded some Atari 8 bit software from the net, but it's not in .ATR format, it is a .com file. Can you tell me how I can transfer this to a 5 1/4" disk from a PC please. Thanks in anticipation of the Help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Hi, hope someone can help. I have downloaded some Atari 8 bit software from the net, but it's not in .ATR format, it is a .com file. Can you tell me how I can transfer this to a 5 1/4" disk from a PC please. Thanks in anticipation of the Help. 'makeatr' for PC. Load an .ATR and you can add a .COM file to the .ATR Don't forget to 'close' or 'save' your work. And you can't have the .ATR you're adding to open in APE or ASPEQT. ie. The .ATR must not be in use in another application when you use makeatr. makeATR_v0.06.zip Edited July 25, 2014 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogden Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 If you want to write directly to a 5.25" floppy, you are better off creating an ATR like the above suggestion and using an SIO2PC interface to talk to a real Atari with an Atari floppy drive in the SIO chain. Then you can just use standard DOS commands or disk copy utilities to make a real floppy. An SIO2PC interface can be made very cheaply with an FTDI FT232RL breakout board and an SIO cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 There is a MS-DOS utility that will natively read and write to Atari DOS 2.5 format ... Can't remember the name but I think it is on here, along with some other solutions: http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-how-can-i-read-write-8-bit-atari-disks-on-an-ms-dos-pc_85.html I believe you will need to get a 5.25" drive for your PC as well. Personally, I'd spend about $100, get an SIO2SD, it's a really great tool for running your .ATR's on real hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 You can get a SIO2SD from this guy on ebay for roughly $33 without a case, check his listing weekly for new ones http://www.ebay.com/sch/darekp324/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka013 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi guys, thanks for the info. I am trying out Makeatr and my first attempt has worked, so will keep with this for the moment, again thanks for the help. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) There is a MS-DOS utility that will natively read and write to Atari DOS 2.5 format ... Can't remember the name but I think it is on here, along with some other solutions: http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-how-can-i-read-write-8-bit-atari-disks-on-an-ms-dos-pc_85.html I believe you will need to get a 5.25" drive for your PC as well. Personally, I'd spend about $100, get an SIO2SD, it's a really great tool for running your .ATR's on real hardware. LIke he says, it is an MS-DOS application. I believe the DOS 2.5 one is 'imageman.exe' for PC. It only works on DOS 2.5, maybe DOS 2 single density .ATR and it won't work in Windows, you have to use DOSBOX on Windows PC to use it. It is therefore extremely limited. imageman.zip DOSBox0.74-win32-installer.zip Edited July 27, 2014 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Step 1. Install an emulator like atari800 or Altirra. Step 2. Tell it to create a new disk. Input format parameters. Step 3. Boot emulated atari, format disk. Step 4. Use the Explore Disk functionality in either emulator to drag files onto disk. Both emulators support Atari DOS 2 and SpartaDOS formats. -Thom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hey! I didn't know you could do that with an emulator. That's neat. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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