THIS SOFTWARE WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE ANY UPDATES. PLEASE READ THE BELOW TO
SEE ALL THE FEATURES OF THE SOFTWARE BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU INSTALL
ADFS.NET EXPLORER INSTEAD WHICH IS GOING TO
RECEIVE ONGOING SUPPORT AND UPDATES
ADFS Explorer is a program which allows you load floppy disc
and hard disc images, view files and copy files
to and from your PC's hard disc or other running copies of
ADFS
or DFS Explorer.
If you don't already know,
ADFS was one of the disc filing systems used by the Master 128 range of computers.
Hard disc images are used by the excellent BeebEm
Acorn/BBC emulator program. Hard disc emulation was added to BeebEm at version 2.3
Beta 3 and further enhanced in version 3. Instructions for using the hard disc images are in the README.TXT file
contained within the BeebEm installation file. Hard disc images are also
supported by my Mac Port of BeebEm.
Disc images are used by most BBC/Acorn emulator programs. Rather than use the original physical floppy disc with
the emulators, a track by track disc image is made and used instead.
If
you still have access to a BBC Computer and a suitable serial lead, you can create a disc image of your old
ADFS discs or hard discs using the disc transfer facilities built into ADFS Explorer.
Instructions for making up a serial cable are included in the download package
below.
Alternatively, there are plenty of ready made disc images of popular programs widely
available for download from the internet. Places to try are :
The program will allow you to load or create a new ADFS disc images in any of the following formats :
- 40T single sided ADFS (S) - adf (160K)
- 80T single sided ADFS (M) - adf (320K)
- 80T double sided ADFS (L) - adl (640K)
and
- 4 Head, 32 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (1MB)
- 4 Head, 64 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (2MB)
- 4 Head, 128 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (4MB)
- 4 Head, 256 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (8MB)
- 4 Head, 512 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (16MB)
- 4 Head, 1024 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (32MB)
- 4 Head, 2048 Track, 33 Sectors hard disc - dat (64MB)
plus it can load a hard disc image of any geometry with a valid .dsc file.The
program now supports direct access to CF Cards as used by the
Model B or Master 128 Internal
Compact Flash Hard Drive Kit available from Mark Haysman of
RetroClinic.
Just plug your CF Card into a suitable card reader attached to your PC and
ADFS Explorer will be able to process the contents, the same as a normal hard
disc image.
After loading a disc image, you will see a screen similar to the one below :
It shows the contents of the disc image in a similar
way to Windows explorer. You can navigate the folders on the left and selecting
them will show the contents of the folders on the right.
You can select files and show their contents
in either text, Wordwise, hex or de-tokenised BASIC format (with further options
to save or print the displayed file). Directories can also be displayed
in *CAT, *CATALL, *EX or *EXALL formats.
You can drag and drop individual files or groups
of files to and from your PC or other running copies of the ADFS or DFS
Explorer programs.
You can also export whole directories or even the
whole disc in one go by use of drag and drop or menu options.
Other options are available for deleting, creating and
renaming directories or files as well as setting file attributes, disc boot
options and directory titles. Options can be selected off the main menu or a
context sensitive menu will appear if you right-click a file or directory name
in either window.
Please ensure you have backup copies of your disc images before
attempting to modify them.
You can download the latest version of the program
below :
To help cover costs, I have decided to make ADFS Explorer shareware at a
cost of only £5.00.
If you wish to register the program, please enter the Computer ID and
Registration Name below and click the Buy Now button.
Your personalised Computer ID can be found on the Register menu
option inside ADFS Explorer.
Your registration key will be returned as soon as I can process the request,
usually within 24 hours and normally by return if I am at the computer.
PLEASE NOTE : The Computer ID is valid for one computer only
so you will not be able to install the program onto multiple computers
without purchasing additional registration keys.
Once registered, all future updates of ADFS Explorer will be free of
charge.
If you decide not to register the program, you will not be able to
save any disc images you create but all other features will be fully
active.
If you are unwilling to use PayPal to register the program, please contact me for alternative payment methods.
| Revision History |
| Date |
Version |
Changes |
| 22/05/18 |
3.0.2 |
Added support for direct
access to CF Cards with options to open a CF card image, format a card and backup/restore images to
the card
Instead of loading entire hard disc image
into memory, the image is read/written to in real time so reduces memory usage
This does mean that any changes to the image are permanent
so PLEASE backup your disc image before altering it |
| 20/07/12 |
2.2.0 |
Added option to resize disc images
(for users that can't load 512MB images, this will allow you to convert the image to
a smaller size which will load ok)
Corrected bug when trying to delete $ directory from tree view
Shows current path/file in status bar
Added View As Mode x picture with palette change options
Speeded up initial parsing of disc image and screen display
Optimised loading of large images so low memory users now may be able to process 512MB images
|
| 15/07/10 |
2.1.0 |
Added View As Teletext page option
with options to print or save page as BMP file
Added support for non-interleaved discs
Added warning if trying to load a disc image with not enough free memory
|
| 29/09/07 |
2.0.0 |
Made program shareware
Added * Command option to XFER Menu
Automatically load disc image after successful XFER (via option)
Play WAV file after successful XFER transfer (via option)
Remember size and position of trace,view,CLI and receive windows
|
| 16/09/07 |
1.7.5 |
Added option to send ADFS disc format program to remote computer
|
| 21/07/07 |
1.7.4 |
Added WordWise file viewer
Added Copy/Select All to clipboard from File View menu
(to allow easy transfer of single program listings to BeebEm)
|
| 30/06/07 |
1.7.3 |
Made the program Vista compatible
You may need to turn on User Account Control to install it properly
|
| 29/05/06 |
1.7.2 |
Added option for check before transfer - performs a CRC of data first and only transfers if different
More tweaks to improve transfer speed
Fixed several minor bugs
Many thanks to Peter Van Ek for helping me test the new transfer routines
|
| 23/04/06 |
1.7.1 |
Added options for transferring only used sectors
Added a multi-track buffer for even quicker disc image transfers
Improved error handling of bad sectors
Improved UI of transfer in progress screen
Added option for setting transfer baud rate
Fixed several minor bugs
|
| 17/04/06 |
1.7.0 |
Added option for sending and receiving disc images from a real BBC
|
| 18/03/06 |
1.6.3 |
Fixed error when importing or exporting zero length files
|
| 17/03/06 |
1.6.2 |
Added menu option to pad disc images to full size when saving
|
| 01/02/06 |
1.6.1 |
Fixed problem of files not showing when loading a disc with only a root directory
|
| 15/01/06 |
1.6.0 |
Creates required .DSC file for use with BeebEm
Creates sub-directories when importing a DFS image
Merged ADFS Explorer and HADFS Explorer into one program
Allow drag and drop in directory tree view (for moving files/directories between directories)
Auto detect type of disc when loading/saving
Added F2, F5, Del and Ctrl-A keyboard shortcuts
Removed a few unnecessary directory tree re-freshes
Can now edit load/exec addresses of a file
Asks to save changes when quit/load/new disc image
|
| 01/06/05 |
1.5.1 |
Added Compact Disc option
|
| 24/05/05 |
1.5.0 |
Added Disassemble File option
Added Find option to View File window
|
| 23/05/05 |
1.4.1 |
Minor fix to detect invalid directory and filenames
|
| 21/05/05 |
1.4.0 |
Added support for DFS Explorer program
|
| 17/05/05 |
1.3.0 |
Minor usability tweaks
|
| 17/05/05 |
1.2.0 |
Fixed a bug in the File menu where options were available before a file was selected
|
| 16/05/05 |
1.1.0 |
Added facilities for writing to disc images
|
| 08/05/05 |
1.0.0 |
Initial Release
|
| Date |
Downloads |
| Nov 2010 |
23 |
| Oct 2010 |
21 |
| Sep 2010 |
23 |
| Aug 2010 |
32 |
| Jul 2010 |
37 |
| Jun 2010 |
10 |
| May 2010 |
25 |
| Apr 2010 |
14 |
| Mar 2010 |
35 |
| Feb 2010 |
25 |
| Jan 2010 |
31 |
| Dec 2009 |
22 |
| Nov 2009 |
32 |
| Oct 2009 |
20 |
| Sep 2009 |
17 |
| Aug 2009 |
26 |
| July 2009 |
19 |
| June 2009 |
17 |
| May 2009 |
26 |
| Apr 2009 |
37 |
| Mar 2009 |
33 |
| Feb 2009 |
28 |
| Jan 2009 |
28 |
| Dec 2008 |
21 |
| Nov 2008 |
24 |
| Oct 2008 |
27 |
| Sep 2008 |
29 |
| Aug 2008 |
21 |
| Jul 2008 |
30 |
| Jun 2008 |
20 |
| May 2008 |
13 |
| Apr 2008 |
10 |
| Mar 2008 |
17 |
| Feb 2008 |
17 |
| Jan 2008 |
17 |
| Dec 2007 |
14 |
| Nov 2007 |
19 |
| Oct 2007 |
16 |
| Sep 2007 |
27 |
| Aug 2007 |
34 |
| Jul 2007 |
45 |
| Jun 2007 |
13 |
| May 2007 |
27 |
| Apr 2007 |
18 |
| Mar 2007 |
21 |
| Feb 2007 |
16 |
| Jan 2007 |
32 |
| Dec 2006 |
21 |
| Nov 2006 |
15 |
| Oct 2006 |
28 |
| Sep 2006 |
30 |
| Aug 2006 |
14 |
| Jul 2006 |
25 |
| Jun 2006 |
16 |
| May 2006 |
45 |
| Apr 2006 |
69 |
| Mar 2006 |
27 |
| Feb 2006 |
22 |
| Jan 2006 |
40 |
| Dec 2005 |
27 |
| Nov 2005 |
32 |
| Oct 2005 |
29 |
| Sep 2005 |
15 |
| Aug 2005 |
14 |
| Jul 2005 |
15 |
| Jun 2005 |
13 |
| May 2005 |
53 |
| Total
| 1659 |
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