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Amstrad CPC users...help?

chaosmongerschaosmongers
edited October 2004 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
I'm in need of a bit of help. A programmer has some CPC software on disk that need transferring to tape, so he can get the games released on the Cronosoft label.

I don't have a working CPC with disk drive at the moment - is there anyone who could help me out?

In fact, it would be even more ideal, if I could get it across to an emulator, so I can make a WAV file.




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[ This Message was edited by: chaosmongers on 2004-10-15 01:42 ]
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  • AndyCAndyC
    edited October 2004
    Well, I don't have an actual CPC handy (you could try asking in comp.sys.amstrad.8bit)but I'll just point out that the +3 can read CPC format disks so you should be able to use one of those to transfer it, assuming you have one that is!
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited October 2004
    Why not ask one of the STP/SDP people to transfer the data to a image file? One of these kind people are goign to extract the files from some CPC 3" discs for me (which I'm donating to this worthy cause)
  • Andrew BarkerAndrew Barker
    edited October 2004
    Yep,

    Send 'em on over :). I can dump a EDSK image with my P75 with a 3" drive connected and usual drive adaptor:
    http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/FD1/
    http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/FD1/GPsAdaptor

    From here it's possible to use the images in an emulator or even mount the image and extract the files needed.

    I can probably do whatever is needed to be done to get the data to you.

    Just drop me a PM and I'll be happy to help you out.

    Best wishes

    Andy Barker (ZX Spectrum Preservation Project Manager - http://www.specfreak.co.uk/ )
  • chaosmongerschaosmongers
    edited October 2004
    Thanks guys! I'll contact the programmer, and as soon as I receive the disk, I'll be in touch.

    What a nice bunch of people :)
  • Jon NeedleJon Needle
    edited October 2004
    Hey Andy, I won a 'new' 3" drive on ebay last year. I finally opened the package today and lo and behold, no adapter required :D

    Drive has a standard 5.25" drive connector and standard power connector. Just needed a floppy cable with the 5.25" as well as the usual plugs on it from Maplins.

    http://www.spectaculator.com/download/misc/3inch-002.jpg

    Cheers,

    Jon.
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