Hi,
Perhaps, the following info could be useful for the usage of the HxC floppy drive emulator with historical Akai samplers such as the S900, S950, S1000, S1100, S3000:
There is a tool called "akaiutil" which enables access to the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem which is contained within IMG-files.
For example, "akaiutil" can be used to import/export sample- and program-files to/from IMG-files.
IMG-files can be created from hfe-files with the help of "HxCFloppyEmulator".
The open-source command-line tool "akaiutil" can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/akaiutil/
For further information please see the README-files within the distributions.
Hope this is helpful.
Regards,
kmi9000
Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
Wow Impressive !
I'm reading the manual and I will do some testing on a s900
Thanks!
I'm reading the manual and I will do some testing on a s900
Thanks!
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
Can this take a cd iso image and transfer a volume to a floppy image ?
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
For example, "akaiutil" could be used to extract individual files (via the "get" command) or whole volumes (as tar-files via the "target" command) from an image file (in raw binary format) of an AKAI CD-ROM or harddisk.
In turn, one could copy these files individually (via the "put" command) or a volume tar-file (via the "tarput" command) to an img-file of a floppy,
as long as there is enough space left in the filesystem of the floppy image.
The README-file of "akaiutil" contains further usage examples and detailed information about individual commands.
Pre-formatted template img-files can be found here for example: https://sourceforge.net/projects/akaiut ... Templates/
Hope this if helpful,
kmi9000
In turn, one could copy these files individually (via the "put" command) or a volume tar-file (via the "tarput" command) to an img-file of a floppy,
as long as there is enough space left in the filesystem of the floppy image.
The README-file of "akaiutil" contains further usage examples and detailed information about individual commands.
Pre-formatted template img-files can be found here for example: https://sourceforge.net/projects/akaiut ... Templates/
Hope this if helpful,
kmi9000
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
Thanks for the update
This makes sense now, I have to dump the files to disk and then put them back to the floppy image, I was trying to mount the ISO and the floppy image in the tool and them just copy them across
This makes sense now, I have to dump the files to disk and then put them back to the floppy image, I was trying to mount the ISO and the floppy image in the tool and them just copy them across
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
Kmi9000
Is there a way to pass commands Into akaiutil rather than having to do it in the program so something like
akaiutil fff.img formatfloppyh3 tarx samples.tar ?
Is there a way to pass commands Into akaiutil rather than having to do it in the program so something like
akaiutil fff.img formatfloppyh3 tarx samples.tar ?
Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
One could create a txt-file which contains the required commands and, in turn, re-direct the contents of this txt-file into stdin of "akaiutil".
For example:
1.) Create a file called "tmp.txt" which contains the following two lines (with a line break at the end of each line):
target tmp.tar
quit
2.) Supply "tmp.txt" into "akaiutil" via the following command line:
akaiutil.exe -r mydisk.img < tmp.txt
BTW, this technique can also be used in shell scripts for the batch conversion of multiple floppy images etc. For example, a shell script to convert AKAI S900/S950 floppy images into an S950 harddisk image can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/akaiut ... p/download
For example:
1.) Create a file called "tmp.txt" which contains the following two lines (with a line break at the end of each line):
target tmp.tar
quit
2.) Supply "tmp.txt" into "akaiutil" via the following command line:
akaiutil.exe -r mydisk.img < tmp.txt
BTW, this technique can also be used in shell scripts for the batch conversion of multiple floppy images etc. For example, a shell script to convert AKAI S900/S950 floppy images into an S950 harddisk image can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/akaiut ... p/download
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Re: Tool for the Akai S900/S1000/S3000 filesystem
but dont work on w10?