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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-05-05 17:04:26 -0400
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-05-05 17:04:26 -0400
commit0a461e76897be74a8fd814dad27bc37d89a2146a (patch)
tree4f32f2a2f56a983c3c088af8f22976603b335b07 /atr2xfd.1
parentb57877a4f52e7907a4716c8b2c819fd6c654a718 (diff)
downloadbw-atari8-tools-0a461e76897be74a8fd814dad27bc37d89a2146a.tar.gz
atrcheck: classify DOS type (WIP, not complete).
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u
..
-.TH "ATR2XFD" 1 "2024-05-03" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
+.TH "ATR2XFD" 1 "2024-05-05" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
.SH NAME
atr2xfd \- Convert an Atari 8-bit ATR disk image to a raw (XFD) image
.\" RST source for atr2xfd(1) man page. Convert with:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ atr2xfd \- Convert an Atari 8-bit ATR disk image to a raw (XFD) image
\fBatrcheck\fP \fIinfile.atr\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
-\fBatr2xfd\fP strips the 16\-byte ATR header from an ATR image. While this
+\fBatr2xfd\fP strips the 16\-byte ATR header from an ATR image. While this
could be done with a command like:
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ dd if=infile.atr outfile.xfd bs=16 skip=1
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
-\&...**atr2xfd** first checks that its input is in fact an ATR file, then
+\&...**atr2xfd** first checks that its input is in fact an ATR file, then
checks the ATR header and reports any problems it may find.
.sp
-\fBatrcheck\fP performs the same checks as \fBatr2xfd\fP, but doesn\(aqt actually
-write an XFD image. In fact, \fBatrcheck\fP is a symbolic link to \fBatr2xfd\fP,
-which changes its behaviour (simply doesn\(aqt write any output) when
-called via the link.
+\fBatrcheck\fP performs the same checks as \fBatr2xfd\fP, but doesn\(aqt actually
+write an XFD image. In fact, \fBatrcheck\fP is a symbolic link to \fBatr2xfd\fP,
+which changes its behaviour (simply doesn\(aqt write any output) when
+called via the link. \fBatrcheck\fP also examines the boot sector of the ATR,
+and attempts to detect which Atari DOS is on the image (if any).
.sp
Neither \fBatr2xfd\fP nor \fBatrcheck\fP take any options.
.SH NOTES