Floptool - A generic floppy image manipulation tool for MAME — MAME Documentation 0.287 documentation

# 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_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