Subj : How should I archive old
To : Cougar428
From : Boraxman
Date : Thu Jun 26 2025 09:01 pm
Re: How should I archive old
By: Cougar428 to BORAXMAN on Wed Jun 25 2025 10:21 am
> -=> Quoting Boraxman to Cougar428 <=-
>
> Bo> Re: How should I archive old
> Bo> By: Cougar428 to NELGIN on Sat Jun 21 2025 09:23 am
>
> > > I've got a lot of floppies that have drivers and software for
> > > old hardware. I'm trying to decide what's the best way to
> > > archive them for others to use.
>
> > If you are running a Win platform, you can try winimage. It will compres
> > the entire floppy into an .img file. Later you can use the application t
> > uncompress back to a floppy or to some other location.
>
> Bo> I used a DOS program to make images a while back, I can't remember
> Bo> what it was called but it used it own format.
>
> Bo> I would STRONGLY recommend to use a format that is cross platform, and
> Bo> not tied to some specific piece of software to read.
>
> Hi Bo - Yeah, I can see your point. However, the .img format can be
> re-written using software on multiple platforms. IBM, *nix, Mac etc. Since
> I use Windows currently, I mentioned that specific software. I realize
> people trying to help sometimes cause unintended problems. However, my
> intentions were good as that is the way that I do it.
>
> Check out this video from Adam's Digital Basement on YT:
>
>
https://rb.gy/f31lkk
>
> It's an informative presentation on the archiving/unarchiving process.
>
> Cheers!
> ... On the other hand, you have different fingers.
>
> ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
The IMG format is, I believe, just a raw dump of the data. It is cross
platform because it doesn't require any proprietary translation.
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