.dsk images containing multiple files

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iratahack
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.dsk images containing multiple files

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I've been playing around with the CPC, as you do... I've been able to create disk images with a single executable file OK but I couldn't find a way, with the standard tools, to add multiple executable files to a disk image. After much searching I found the utility below which can be built on Linux. It seems to work well so I thought I'd share it with everyone.

https://github.com/neuro-sys/sector-cpc

Let me know if there are any better alternatives.
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The normal tools for this something like cpmtools combined with libdsk.

The disc image generating code with appmake is capable of writing multiple files to a disc image: the +3 generator does it, it's just never really been needed before.

Patches and enhancements are accepted!
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Thanks for the info. Let me take a look at how appmake for the +3 does it. Maybe I can port it to the cpc.
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I ported the memory banking support in appmake from the +3 to the CPC. This is what I was after. The changes have been merged to the master branch. Works like a charm for .dsk images and .wav audio files.
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It’s a great feature. Thank you!

I’ll spend some time in a week or so getting banked programs working for C compilations.
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Let me know if I can help. I was a speccy kid so doing 30+ years of catch-up programming the CPC. I'm a big believer is learning by doing.
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Thanks, your crt file was a big help.

I've got the crt0 loading the banks now (based off your code/ideas) and have banked calling working. It's not an exciting picture, but here's a screenshot of the banked example:
Screenshot 2021-11-02 at 23.39.08.png
In theory the mechanism should also work with RAM expansions (I assume up to 512k just page into segment 1) though there's no placeholders or anything like that here.
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