Ah, my mistake about the [a] (have read that naming convention guide a long time ago, but didn't recheck). So there is different set of disks that were sent out at some point, and the only contributed from that set is the first disk..
This SAS/C 6.50 was supplied with the full manual (but no binders, those unavailable-in-Europe 3-ring US-binders), and the plastic sleeves for the floppies + that extra 6.5.1 update I mentioned.
My guess is that there has been 2 releases (without having checked the actual disk dumps), maybe just a timestamp has changed, I can't say.
It appears that the SAS/C 6.50 manual is online (though imo in a low quality of 200dpi)
https://archive.org/details/sasc-65-libhttps://archive.org/details/sasc-650-vol2If you have a document scanner, scans of the manual in 600dpi would be much appreciated.
Is scanning the originals a new part of TOSEC ? I will of course scan and submit the labels and manuals if it will be useful for adding to TOSEC-PIX or an entirely new project.
yes and no.. as you mention this will go to PIX, not directly to TOSEC. PIX is a heavy part, same goes with ISO hence they're separated :-)
If you look at the site mentioned earlier, you'll see loads of scans already (not yet part of TOSEC but they'll be in the future).
Basically anything that can be put on a scanner should be scanned, backside of disks excluded ofc if there is no label part there.
I will re-read the info about contributing to TOSEC, since I also noticed I had a couple of other disks not there (ScanQuix, Amiga Computing coverdisks 108 and up and a few other missing). I guess my first step is to use RomVault or similar to sort a copy of my saved floppy images.
That sounds great, we're always looking for more contributions, but there is no guarantee that they'll get added for the next release though, backlog is huge :-)
Personally I use RomVault, though it could be improved with better thread handling it's the best tool imo.
While half-off-topic, is there a manager for the Unix (Ubuntu, Buffalo, FreeBSD, QNAP), command-line environment ? Windos file handling is sooo slow, even with SSD.. just "moving" a file needs windows to "calculate" what time it will take before it tries to move it...
I'm not familiar with any <> Win apps that are similar to RomVault -is that the manager you're asking for?-, but for file navigation midnight commander does the trick (package name "mc"), Total Commander for windows also skip those "calculations" for deleting, moving etc, and you can queue up other file operations.
TC also have plugins to read ADF and D64 files
Sorry for all stupid questions, I'm new on the forum, definitely not new on Amiga (programming since 1989 up to 2005) or data rescue/recovery/preservation.
They are not stupid, but quite valid questions, no need for appologizing :-)
We don't have a proper contribution platform
but for Amiga related uploads, Mai and Crashdisk are using eab.abime.org forum/the zone..
otherwise you can send them using wetransfer.com
if you decide the later (specially for scans) I can PM you my email, and I'll make sure they are distributed to the right people
