Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
downloading stuff for the Atari mostly results in .msa- or .stx-files. How can I convert those to the mister *.st format? There are some very old windows programs i found, but i am on a mac (don't wanna use wine or anything like that).
How do you do it?
Is miSTER ataricore support for .msa or .stx-file planned sometime in the future?
Cheers,
Ray
Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
The thread also states, that *.msa-files are supported? How? I cannot select *.msa-files as a disk?
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
For the other things regarding disk formats etc, if I remeber correctly, Sorgelig said that this core was "only translated from MiST to MiSTer" but he hadn't an Atari ST at any time, has no knowlegde of it and hasn't a need to code for it, leaving this core for other developers who are interested in.
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
For the MSA to ST I've been using since a while MSA converter under windows : http://msaconverter.free.fr/index-uk.html
STX is another story STX is a special format for copy protected floppies. It is not possible to convert it
Hope that one day a dev will implement the other image format to the core as many disk image are in STX and cannot be used under the current core.
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
Let me just say "TOSEC", awesome
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
miSTER is just great, it's like a Timemachine for me ....
Btw., anyone know how the HELP-Key is mapped on a PC-Keyboard?
Cheers
Ray/DF
Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
It comes with Hatari and is a commandline tool for unix/linux/mac. It converts .msa to .st and back.
https://man.archlinux.org/man/community ... /hmsa.1.en
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
Unfortunately STX would require the core to be cycle accurate and as far as I understand it, the MiSTery isn't. It is compatible with even the most demanding demos (the users of the MiST forum over at atari-forum did a great job to test hundreds of discs - ST and STE - and slingshot the original author of the core fixed all issues that came up), but the core itself is not cycle accurate on a hardware level.kathleen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:09 am Hi Ray,
For the MSA to ST I've been using since a while MSA converter under windows : http://msaconverter.free.fr/index-uk.html
STX is another story STX is a special format for copy protected floppies. It is not possible to convert it
Hope that one day a dev will implement the other image format to the core as many disk image are in STX and cannot be used under the current core.
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
Ray wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:18 pmThank you all for your answers! I am too lazy to convert things, so i searched a little more and found everything i was looking for in *.st-format.
Let me just say "TOSEC", awesome
miSTER is just great, it's like a Timemachine for me ....Btw., anyone know how the HELP-Key is mapped on a PC-Keyboard?
Cheers
Ray/DF
You didn't find a game called Typhoon by Kingsoft, by any chance, did you?
Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
insanityprawnboy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:34 amRay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:18 pmThank you all for your answers! I am too lazy to convert things, so i searched a little more and found everything i was looking for in *.st-format.
Let me just say "TOSEC", awesome
miSTER is just great, it's like a Timemachine for me ....Btw., anyone know how the HELP-Key is mapped on a PC-Keyboard?
Cheers
Ray/DFYou didn't find a game called Typhoon by Kingsoft, by any chance, did you?
FWIW - Typhoon is available as part of the Petari set.
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Re: Convert *.msa & *.stx to MiSTer *.st-files?
KnightNZ wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:14 aminsanityprawnboy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:34 amRay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:18 pmThank you all for your answers! I am too lazy to convert things, so i searched a little more and found everything i was looking for in *.st-format.
Let me just say "TOSEC", awesome
miSTER is just great, it's like a Timemachine for me ....Btw., anyone know how the HELP-Key is mapped on a PC-Keyboard?
Cheers
Ray/DFYou didn't find a game called Typhoon by Kingsoft, by any chance, did you?
FWIW - Typhoon is available as part of the Petari set.
This sounds good! It's one of my favourite St games.
But where can the Petari set be found? (I just Googled it but couldn't find it).