LIBDSK is a library for accessing discs and disc image files. LibDsk is intended for use in:

· Emulator tools - converting between real floppy discs and disc images, as CPCTRANS / PCWTRANS do under DOS.
· Filesystem utilities - CPMTOOLS is configurable to use LIBDSK, thus allowing the use of CPMTOOLS on emulator .DSK images. To do this, install LIBDSK and then build CPMTOOLS, using "./configure --with-libdsk". For CPMTOOLS 1.9 or 2.0, you will also need to apply this patch.
· Emulators - it is possible to use LIBDSK as part of an emulators floppy controller emulation, thus giving the emulator transparent access to .DSK files or real discs.

LIBDSK has drivers for:

· Raw files (including /dev/fdn).
· .DSK files, as used in CPCEMU, JOYCE and other Sinclair/Amstrad emulators.
· MYZ80 hard drive image files.
· NanoWasp floppy image files.
· .CFI (Compressed Floppy Image) files, as created by FDCOPY.COM under DOS.
· The Linux floppy drive (supports CPC System and Data formats, which the standard "Raw file" driver does not).
· The Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/NT/2000 floppy drive.
· The DOS floppy drive (via the PC BIOS).
· CopyQM files (read-only)
· APRIDISK image files
· rcpmfs - a backend that makes a Unix/Windows directory appear to be a CP/M disc image.
· Another instance of LibDsk over a serial line.

Whats New in This Release:

· Two new disc image formats (logical and teledisk) and one new disc geometry (TRDOS 640k) have been added.