Atarimania

Atari ST

TOS to DOS

TOS to DOS — screenshot 1
Genre
Tape / Disk / Cartridge Utility
Year
Language
[unknown]
Publisher
[no publisher]
Controls
Keyboard
Distributor
Players
Developer
[n/a]
Resolution
Medium / High / VGA
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Millican, Kevin
Country
United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)
Software
English
Game design
Box/Instructions
English
Musician(s)
License
PD / Freeware / Shareware
Sound FX
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe, TT, Falcon030 / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Double Sided / HD Installable
Dump format
MSA
Protection

INSTRUCTIONS

TOS_DOS.TOS - Program to convert most Atari format disks
              to a form readable by both ST and IBM compatibles.

by Kevin Millican


Really simple and quick to use but take care with unusual format
disks and make a backup first - I can't take any responsibility
for any errors and you use the program at your own risk. NEVER
USE THIS ON AN AUTOBOOTING DISK UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN THAT THE 
DISK MERELY RUNS A PROGRAM IN THE \AUTO FOLDER.  Most commercial
games disks will be ruined by TOS_DOS.TOS

If you use this program with a single sided disk you will find 
that it is necessary to use it again after writing any new 
information to the disk using the ST.

The program works by substituting the boot jump address and
by copying the media descriptor byte up into the first FAT
table as required by MSDOS.  This byte is not copied into the 
2nd FAT table in case you wish to reconvert the disk using a
sector editor so ignore FAT 1<>FAT 2 messages with disk analysis
programs such as DLII.

If you want to reconvert the disk copy FAT 2 to FAT 1 and zero
bytes 0 to 2 on sector 0.  If you don't understand this then I
suggest you don't bother !

THIS PROGRAM IS PUBLIC DOMAIN - ENJOY !