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Title: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: MelbourneBen on June 15, 2010, 08:46:02 AM

Hi All,

I'm trying to load a demo I've downloaded from Aminet, it's a single DMS file. I've done some research and found that DMS's are similiar to ADF's, in that there virtual amiga disks? Is this correct?

Can anyone suggest a tool to unpack DMS files? or is there another way to load DMS files directly? I seem to remember there was another way? :confused:

I did download a DMS unpacker which converted the file do an ADF....I then tried to write this back to an Amiga disk using Amiga explorer but that didnt work.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: Karlos on June 15, 2010, 08:52:04 AM

DMS is the format produced by a tool called the Disk Masher. It's a small CLI utility that packs or unpacks disks a cylinder at a time. I think the original version is still here: http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/dms111 (http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/dms111)

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: Piru on June 15, 2010, 09:20:59 AM

Quote from: MelbourneBen;564656

Can anyone suggest a tool to unpack DMS files?

http://zakalwe.fi/~shd/foss/xdms/

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: Christian Johansson on June 15, 2010, 04:39:14 PM

If it is a DOS disk you could undms it to RAD: but i suppose it isn't..

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: Piru on June 16, 2010, 10:39:11 AM

Quote from: MelbourneBen;564656

is there another way to load DMS files directly? I seem to remember there was another way?

Most games and demos must be extracted to a real floppy to play them (they use custom trackloader routines which bang the floppy HW directly).

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I did download a DMS unpacker which converted the file do an ADF....I then tried to write this back to an Amiga disk using Amiga explorer but that didnt work.

It really should have worked. xdms and then writing the resulting adf to a disk ought to work at least.

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: rockape on June 16, 2010, 11:17:11 AM

Hi,

I use a very small program off Aminet called DFace.

See  http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/DFace111

Ensure you have the right files in "C".

eg:

DMS

lha

LZX

If you need a copy of these modules I can send them to you.


Regards, Michael

aka rockape

Title: Re: Loading DMS demo's
Post by: MelbourneBen on June 16, 2010, 12:48:12 PM

Thanks....it was XDMS that I tried previously...maybe I didnt get the command right...ill try it again...if not ill give Dface a try....thanks for the offer Michael...ill let you know how I go.