ArcDisc

At this page you find tools for creating disc images of your old Acorn Discs. Before the download starts you need to choose the right tool for your system.

If you are running your computer with Windows 95, 98 or ME you should download ArcDisc.

If you are running your computer with Windows NT, 2000, XP or Vista you should download OmniFlop.

If you are the lucky owner of an RISC OS driven system you should try ADFimager

OmniFlop is a 'universal' floppy disk reader, writer, and tester for the IBM PC or compatible which can handle alien floppy disk formats not normally supported by DOS, Windows and Linux.
If you need more specific information please visit the homepage listed below.

ArcDisc is a frontend to the popular program 'arcimg', that runs in DOS or the DOS-Mode for Windows. ArcDisc is intended to make the work with arcimg easier and faster. ArcDisc is FREEWARE and runs quite sure on Windows 95 and Windows 98.Because of the limited hardware access given by some Operating Systems it won't run on Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

All downloadable zip-files include the main program ArcDisc, the tool 'arcimg' and a readmefile, so you can start right away after the download. If you have any suggestions, problems with the program or you just want to tell me, how nice this tool is, then please mail me ;-). I also want to know, if the program works fine on your Windows-System or if you have some problems. If you like this tool, tell it to your friends. Thanx!

If you're interested in using arcimg standalone (without my frontend?) and don't know how, look at the Links-Section in the subsection Acorn Emulation to find the home of arcimg.

There are no really new feature at this version, but many things have changed and ArcDisc became a big roundup of current functions. The user interaction is better and more error tolerant. There are also some things, that were changed after some error messages of users. Thanx for sending me this.

Changes made in this version:

full support for windows long names
improved user interface and user interaction
ArcImg-window closes itself after completition
process output to textfield, e.g. name of image to create, success of operation and destination directory of created image
changed destination filename is set to the textfield
'Go'-button only enabled, if location of arcimg is selected
fixed some bugs

After a long time of searching for the last problem at this version it's finally done. Here is the new version. One word to the problem: It seems to be a problem with different versions of arcimg, so please use the one inside this package.

Changes made in this version:

redesigning help dialog (not completed yet)
bugfixing
extended support for arcimg, because not all of the functionality worked at 100 percent

The first version that supports full functionality for arcimg.

Changes made in this version:

added an icon for the application
changed the look of the mainform
added a system information dialog to the help-dialog
selectable state for arcimg (read/write/format)

A improved version of ArcDisc. Major update is the use of a ini-file for serializing paths.

Changes made in this version:

automatic convertion to DOS-pathnames after selecting path and/or file
all settings are saved into an INI-file, so you won't need to reselect paths everytime you start the tool
separate editfield for the imagename of the ADF-file for fast changing
fixed some small bugs

The first public release for ArcDisc. At the moment there is only a small functionality.

Changes made in this version:

initially created frontend for ArcImg
creating ADF-Files by using ArcImg
ArcImg has to be located on a fix position
configurable location for ArcImg.exe (but not saveable yet)

ADFimager is the creation tool, that runs under RISC OS. It's as easy as RISC OS itself, so just try it.
This utility can read/write the contents of ADF disc images on Acorn machines. It consists of two programs, a Frontend and a Backend (that can be run independently). Use it to create disc images of your discs on the Acorn and read them on the emulator.