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MaClone 1.2.0

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@ray77 ray77 released this 20 Jul 15:03

Adds ADZ support, an application icon, a styled disk image window, and a
scroller face of its own.

MaClone

ADZ — gzip'd ADF

The one packed name that exists independently of this project: emulators have
written and read gzip'd ADFs for years, while .scpz and .ipfz are this
project's own naming. It was not merely unlisted, it did not work — an .adz
was handed to gw unchanged, and gw has no ADZ reader.

.adz always packs as gzip, never xz, because the format is defined that
way and an xz payload under that name would be unreadable to every emulator.
It unpacks to .adf so gw recognises the format.

Format Extension
ADF AmigaDOS .adf
ADF packed .adz
SCP flux .scp
SCP packed .scpz
IPF image .ipf
IPF packed .ipfz

An icon

A black floppy with a yellow MC label. macOS 26 forces every app icon into
its unified rounded shape, which clips any free-form silhouette — so a solid
field carries the shape and the floppy sits inside it intact. Built from the
source artwork during the build, in all ten sizes.

The disk image window

Opening the DMG no longer shows a bare file list: artwork behind, app and
Applications side by side. Sized so the whole design stays visible whether or
not the viewer has a path bar enabled.

Scroller

The sine scroller has its own face again — CC-Fat, which unlike its
predecessor may ship with the repository.

Save dialog

The two columns line up. Rows carried a fixed number of spaces and so came out
15 to 19 characters long; Tk centres each row on its own, which put the format
names on four different edges spanning 30 px.

Requirements

  • A Greaseweazle (tested: V4.1, firmware 1.6)
  • macOS 11 or newer
  • A drive on the Greaseweazle's second port — it answers as unit 1 and
    shows as DRIVE 0, matching the Amiga's DF0:
  • IPF additionally needs the SPS/CAPS library in ~/Library/Frameworks/; it is
    not bundled, and MaClone says so when it is missing

Unsigned build

Right-click MaClone.app → Open → Open on first launch. No security settings
need changing.

Still unproven

Whether a written disk boots on a real Amiga. That test needs genuine DD media
and is outstanding.

Checksum

SHA-256  58dc95c5fc8f4189c46a9f51b5e2c502cf476cd8e9821a60403f9fcace5a5ca2