.scl2trd

Converts an SCL disk image (the archive format written by Beta 128 tools like UNIONdos/DiskExplorer) into a TRD image that TR-DOS, or a TR-DOS-emulating core, can boot from directly. Written for esxDOS.

Usage

.scl2trd [f] filename.scl

Form	Meaning
.scl2trd file.scl	write a "cutted" TRD - only as much space as the SCL's files need
.scl2trd f file.scl	write a full, standard-size (640K) writeable TRD

Only .SCL input is accepted - anything else is rejected with "Wrong file type! Only SCL allowed". The output is written next to the input with a .TRD extension.

Requirements

48K or 128K Spectrum running esxDOS on a DivIDE/DivMMC/MB03+ interface.

Notes / behaviour

• Refuses any input that isn't recognised as an SCL file.
• A separate GUI/.TAP front-end for the same conversion (for machines without esxDOS) exists at the author's esxdos-scl2trd repo.

Provenance

Downloaded from the esxdos-scl2trd-dot GitHub release (v1.0.0, asset SCL2TRD); byte-identical to BIN/SCL2TRD in the official esxDOS 0.8.9 distribution (esxdos089.zip) - not present in 0.8.6 or 0.8.7.

Credits

Alexander Sharikhin ("nihirash"). https://github.com/nihirash/esxdos-scl2trd-dot