Could someone write a tutorial on how to make an ADF?

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Hi all. I just posted this picture in the gallery



and Jeff mentioned that I should save the disk in an ADF considering its age. Thats true. Its probably a very rare piece of software these days, although, there isn't much call for Midi programs for the 'ol A1000. Someone on A.org here got a bunch of music software from me, and I wish I had kept his email because he wanted this connector and I couldn't find it at the time (it was buried in a box).

So, I've been looking around on the net some, and couldn't really find a good tutorial on how to take this disk and turn it into an ADF file. I was surprised to see that nobody had put one up in the tutorial section here on A.org.

So, is it possible for some kind soul to write a "how to make an ADF". I can do the whole thing on my A3000, right? Thanks.  :-)

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Thanks Thomas, I'll try that one.

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Thanks Matt. I'll try them both then.

I have another question now. With old abandoned software like this, is there someone who has a website with a collection of these types of programs that I should send a copy?

Should I try and reach the program author first, if possible to get permission?

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Thomas wrote:
Certainly. Otherwise it'd be illegal, no matter how old the software is.

You're right. Hope I can find him.

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My, that was easy! I tried Thomas' TSGUI first. No problem. Put disk in, click, click, click. Wait. There you go, Soundscape.ADF waiting in your RAM:

I booted the program up (still boots, program is 1.4) to see who the author was.

It was Todor Fay, if anyone has heard of him.

I even played a few of the songs that came with it. Sounds a little better than Deluxe Music. There was a classical piece, a jazz tune, and some weird (but funny) space tune.

I should do this for the rest of my original disks!

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Boy you're fast Piru. I googled too and found his company in Southern California! I got to leave a message in his telephone inbox. Hopefully, by Monday when he gets back to work, he'll call me back.  :lol:

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Well, I managed to reach Todor Fay! I called his company number while I was driving about and he was the first person to pick up the phone (must be a small company).

He was very friendly and was rather flattered that someone still had an interest in his old software.

I asked him what it was like to write software for Amiga back in the 80's and he said it was a lot of fun.  :-)