Floptool - A generic floppy image manipulation tool for MAME¶
Floptool is a tool for the maintenance and manipulation of floppy images that MAME users need to deal with. MAME directly supports .WAV audio formatted images, but many of the existing images out there may come in forms such as .TAP for Commodore 64 tapes, .CAS for Tandy Color Computer tapes, and so forth. Castool will convert these other formats to .WAV for use in MAME.
Floptool is part of the MAME project. It shares large portions of code with MAME, and its existence would not be if it were not for MAME. As such, the distribution terms are the same as MAME. Please read the MAME license thoroughly.
Using Floptool¶
Floptool is a command line program that contains a simple set of instructions. Commands are invoked in a manner along the lines of this:
floptool identify <inputfile> [<inputfile> ...] floptool convert [input_format|auto] output_format <inputfile> <outputile>
<format> is the format of the image
<input_format> is the format of the inputfile, use auto if not known
<output_format> is the format of the converted file
<inputfile> is the filename of the image you're identifying/converting from
<outputfile> is the filename of the converted file
- Example usage:
floptool convert coco zaxxon.cas zaxxon.wav
floptool convert cbm arkanoid.tap arkanoid.wav
floptool convert ddp mybasicprogram.ddp mybasicprogram.wav
Floptool Formats¶
These are the formats supported by Floptool for conversion to other formats.
MFI
MAME floppy image
File extension: mfi
DFI
DiscFerret flux dump format
File extensions: dfi
IPF
SPS floppy disk image
File extensions: ipf
MFM
HxC Floppy Emulator floppy disk image
File extensions: mfm
ADF
Amiga ADF floppy disk image
File extensions: adf
ST
Atari ST floppy disk image
File extensions: st
MSA
Atari MSA floppy disk image
File extensions: msa
PASTI
Atari PASTI floppy disk image
File extensions: stx
DSK
CPC DSK format
File extensions: dsk
D88
D88 disk image
File extensions: d77, d88, 1dd
IMD
IMD disk image
File extensions: imd
TD0
Teledisk disk image
File extensions: td0
CQM
CopyQM disk image
File extensions: cqm, cqi, dsk
PC
PC floppy disk image
File extensions: dsk, ima, img, ufi, 360
NASLITE
NASLite disk image
File extensions: img
DC42
DiskCopy 4.2 image
File extensions: dc42
A2_16SECT
Apple II 16-sector disk image
File extensions: dsk, do, po
A2_RWTS18
Apple II RWTS18-type image
File extensions: rti
A2_EDD
Apple II EDD image
File extensions: edd
ATOM
Acorn Atom disk image
File extensions: 40t, dsk
SSD
Acorn SSD disk image
File extensions: ssd, bbc, img
DSD
Acorn DSD disk image
File extensions: dsd
DOS
Acorn DOS disk image
File extensions: img
ADFS_O
Acorn ADFS (OldMap) disk image
File extensions: adf, ads, adm, adl
ADFS_N
Acorn ADFS (NewMap) disk image
File extensions: adf
ORIC_DSK
Oric disk image
File extensions: dsk
APPLIX
Applix disk image
File extensions: raw
HPI
HP9845A floppy disk image
File extensions: hpi