[comp.sys.amiga.misc] HELP! How to get DMS, TRAX,

mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) (05/11/91)

Please help:

    I've downloaded a few demos (namely taipan and spherical) which are
in various "disk-masher" formats (dms, trax, lhwarp, etc) and try to un-mash
the demos.  The un-mashers don't give any error messages and seem to work
fine.  But, when the process is over, and I remove and insert the disk (as
the docs tell me to do) and try to do anything with the resulting disk, I 
find that it is generally "Not a DOS Disk" and DOES NOT BOOT.  It is pretty
discouraging to download these huge files only to find out that it won't
work no matter what you do!  I have successfully un-mashed BrunosMusicBox
(trax format) so I have a good idea that I'm doing it right.  But some of
the others, I just can't get anything.  BTW, my machine is an Amiga 2000
if that would have any bearing on it.  Also, I do specify "binary" on the
ftp and Xmodem transfers, so that's not the problem.  
     Thanks for your help.

Mark Craig
mark@zach.fit.edu

Mark R. Craig
Internet:  mark@zach.fit.edu
UUCP:      ...!winnie!zach!mark

arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) (05/13/91)

Using DMS..

Most of the time when unmashed disks appear to be nonstandard (strange
validation requesters, not a disk disk requesters, ect.) That means they have
to be booted straight off the machine, not through workbench... As in you have
to warm boot your machine, and insert the disk.

Pretty simple. If it dosent do that, then the disk is screwed, or the guy who
mashed it in the first place is screwed.

Arctangent