Catweasel support for Intel M2FM working!

Philip Pemberton classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
Sat Oct 10 13:21:16 CDT 2009


Steven Hirsch wrote:
>> What do you mean by "cooked"? Raw M2FM data, decoded M2FM (sync words 
>> and headers intact), or just sequential sectors of data?
> 
> They are sequential sectors of data.

So basically they are the M2FM equivalent of a WinImage "IMD" file. 
Nice. (As long as you know the sector sizes beforehand...)

>> Or curious folk (like me) who enjoy the challenge of picking apart 
>> disc formats :)
> 
> Indeed.  It would be great to have a utility that can read/write files 
> from images.

Point me to a filesystem spec and some demo images and it might turn 
into my next "little project".. :)

 > For extra credit, how about a FUSE module for Linux or
 > MacOSX?

That sounds like a lot more fun. A lot of work, but also a lot more fun 
(and interesting).

I'd love to do a FUSE mounter for BBC Micro (Acorn DFS and possibly 
ADFS) disc images, but it's still on my "maybe later" list... :)

-- 
Phil.
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