Gitbizy Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) I have Lotharek's SIO2USB Rev 2, and I am using it through Respeqt. No issues there... what I would like to know is how to image presumably copy protected disks with my Happy 1050 to an ATX image, so that I can then use the ATX image instead of the original 5.25 floppy. I also have some disks that I would like to share with places like AtariMania, but need to know how to create images of these copy protected disks. When I load Happy 7.1, it does recognize my 1050 as D1, and my RESPEQT drive as D2, but when I try to do a copy, it stalls when trying to write to the Respeqt blank floppy image. Thanks in advance for any help here. Edited February 2, 2022 by Gitbizy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Gitbizy said: I have Lotharek's SIO2USB Rev 2, and I am using it through Respeqt. No issues there... what I would like to know is how to image presumably copy protected disks with my Happy 1050 to an ATX image, so that I can then use the ATX image instead of the original 5.25 floppy. I also have some disks that I would like to share with places like AtariMania, but need to know how to create images of these copy protected disks. When I load Happy 7.1, it does recognize my 1050 as D1, and my RESPEQT drive as D2, but when I try to do a copy, it stalls when trying to write to the Respeqt blank floppy image. Thanks in advance for any help here. To make ATX you have to use either a kryoflux or a supercard. SIO2USB or SIO2pc can’t really keep or deal with protected disk. Using Atarimax Ape/pro you can create .PRO image which are a bit better than .ATR, but it’s less reliable than a kryoflux stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) SIO2PC USB... otherwise you are talking about the device that won't be doing any protected imaging... Edited February 2, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitbizy Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 33 minutes ago, Tuxon86 said: To make ATX you have to use either a kryoflux or a supercard. SIO2USB or SIO2pc can’t really keep or deal with protected disk. Using Atarimax Ape/pro you can create .PRO image which are a bit better than .ATR, but it’s less reliable than a kryoflux stream. OK, I have a greaseweazle, how do I go from a 5.25" SCP file (raw read) to an ATX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitbizy Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 26 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: SIO2PC USB... otherwise you are talking about the device that won't be doing any protected imaging... I'm not really following what you're posting here. I have a Lotharek SIO2PC USB rev 2 device. I also have several other SIO2SD type devices as well. I'm asking about protected disks and how to archive them if I can't find a copy of that disk online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Check this thread: But it seems not to be straightforward. Several people failed in trying it; me included. The most important part is that you MUST boot Happy 7.1 software from RespeQt while your 1050 which has to be set as D1: is switched off and then at the right moment disable D1: in RespeQt and switch on your 1050. Read this post regarding some sort of monitoring what is happening: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/285890-respeqt-43-beta/?do=findComment&comment=4397809 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gitbizy said: OK, I have a greaseweazle, how do I go from a 5.25" SCP file (raw read) to an ATX? a8rawconv, a new raw disk conversion utility - Atari 8-Bit Computers - AtariAge Forums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitbizy Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, DjayBee said: Check this thread: But it seems not to be straightforward. Several people failed in trying it; me included. The most important part is that you MUST boot Happy 7.1 software from RespeQt while your 1050 which has to be set as D1: is switched off and then at the right moment disable D1: in RespeQt and switch on your 1050. Read this post regarding some sort of monitoring what is happening: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/285890-respeqt-43-beta/?do=findComment&comment=4397809 I will give this a whirl in a little bit and see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gitbizy said: OK, I have a greaseweazle, how do I go from a 5.25" SCP file (raw read) to an ATX? That's much better than RespeQt. Get a8rawconv from this thread: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/231835-a8rawconv-a-new-raw-disk-conversion-utility/?do=findComment&comment=3113692 Try Versions 0.92 or the latest 0.94. General hints for dumping can be found at http://www.a8preservation.com/#/guides/diskDumping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitbizy Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, Gitbizy said: I will give this a whirl in a little bit and see how it goes. This method will not copy bad sectors... stalls on writing to the RESPEQT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Gitbizy said: This method will not copy bad sectors... stalls on writing to the RESPEQT. Use your greaseweasle to generate a SCP then use A8Rawconvert to convert it to ATX. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 3:35 PM, DjayBee said: But it seems not to be straightforward. Several people failed in trying it; me included. The most important part is that you MUST boot Happy 7.1 software from RespeQt while your 1050 which has to be set as D1: is switched off and then at the right moment disable D1: in RespeQt and switch on your 1050. I never tried, but I suspect it will be much easier using Archiver/Chip emulation instead. Configure RespeQt for Chip mode emulation and boot Scan-It or HappyToChip to convert the real Happy into an Archiver. Then load the archiver software if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 It is somewhat easier using the Archiver/Super Archiver. The main issue is that with Happy software, you can't change source and destination drives. That leads to some clumsiness in making the copies with RespeQt. With the Archivers, it is easy to change from the Archiver main menu. @ijor Did you ever release any of the VAPI image software other than the VAPI.DLL used with APE to allow loading/executing already made ATX images? I was a member of your test group, and I don't find any VAPI software to image disks in my VAPI archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Larry said: Did you ever release any of the VAPI image software other than the VAPI.DLL used with APE to allow loading/executing already made ATX images? I was a member of your test group, and I don't find any VAPI software to image disks in my VAPI archive. Hi Larry, Yes, there was the Vapi Imaging tool. It works with a 10502PC cable and a Happy, or Duplicator, or Speedy drive. That was the tool I used to build the very first ATX images. But it was deprecated long ago. I posted the tool here years ago. Can't find it right now, but it should be here somewhere. Note that the tool is rather picky with the serial port and driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Hi Ijor- Thanks. If you run across, could you post it, at fxatari I presume. I searched all your posts with VAPI here at AA, but didn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 VapiImgTool_02a.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Thanks, AtariGeezer! Have you by chance used it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Larry said: Thanks, AtariGeezer! Have you by chance used it? Not yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 was that the last version? I am kind of unsure for some reason... probably my senioritis flaring up. I would have to do some dead machine archeology to find out... nah, I'll just thank you kindly and download this for now. Thank Geezer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) I would need to double check to be 100% sure, but it should be the last version. I didn't touch this tool for many, many years. One good thing about this tool, besides handling copy protected disks, is that it might be the fastest method to dump a regular disk to ATR, using just a Happy 1050. Edited March 1, 2022 by ijor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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