ctools version 0.4

Copyright (c) 1995-1997 Jochen Metzinger, Schrammsweg 33 D,
20249 Hamburg/Germany <1metzing@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
All rights reserved


This archive contains ctools, programs for accessing C64 and C128
CP/M disk images (*.D64).


Copyright
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ctools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

ctools is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License in COPYING for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


Documentation
-------------

In the directory doc there are the man pages for all commands. All
commands understand the option  "--help"  which output a help text.


Files
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COPYING		GNU General Public License
README		this file

doc/		documents
  d64dump.1	man page of d64dump(1)
  biosdump.1	man page of biosdump(1)
  cformat.1	man page of cformat(1)
  ctools.1	man page of ctools(1)
  d64.5		man page of d64(5)

src/		sources
  Makefile	Makefile for G++
  d64dump.cc	simple disk image viewer
  biosdump.cc	simple CP/M disk image viewer
  cformat.cc	create empty disk images
  ctools.cc	main programm of ctools
  bios.h	bios interface (like CP/M BIOS)
  bios.cc	-"-
  bitstr.h	dynamic array of bits
  bitstr.cc	-"-
  d64.h		access (c1541 and c1571) disk images
  d64.cc	-"-
  dir.h		the directory
  dir.cc	-"-
  dump.h	output memory dumps
  dump.cc	-"-
  err.h		handle errors
  err.cc	-"-
  fcb.h		handle file control blocks
  fcb.cc	-"-
  file.h	file usage
  file.cc	-"-
  global.h	global definitions
  misc.h	misc routines
  misc.cc	-"-
  tools.h	user tools
  tools.cc	-"-


Version History
---------------

Version 0.1 -- July 1995
* First (unpublished) work for C128 singel sided CP/M disk images
* written in TURBO PASCAL under MS-DOS

Version 0.2 -- February 1996
* test programs
* BAM manipulation program for C128 (BASIC) and PC
* support of C64 CP/M disk images

Version 0.2.1 -- July 1996
* enable reading of read-only files

Version 0.3 -- August 1996
* remove BAM support and .BAT files
* support of c128 double sided CP/M disk images
* cformat (create empty disk images)
* ctools: Dump and Initdir command

Version 0.4 -- March 1997
* rewritten in C++ under Linux and MS-DOS

Version 0.4a -- January 2015 (Michael Steil)
* removed MS-DOS support, fix compilation on modern UNIX systems

To-Do
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* Full test of double sided images and initdir