S‑50 / S‑550 / S‑330 / W‑30 Disk Image Reader - Release Notes
All images, text, JavaScript and HTML Code ©1995- by llamamusic.com Version 1.0(a) - 10/31/2015 • Initial Release (This Very Basic Version Only Worked With S‑550 Disk Image Files) Version 1.1(a) - 12/12/2015 • Added S‑50 And S‑330 Disk Image File Support • Individual Sample Lengths And Wave Bank Locations (A/B) • Frequency Rates For Individual Samples (30kHz/15kHz) • Sub Tones And Corresponding Original Tone Numbers • Audio Output Jack Assignments (S‑550/S‑330) • Unused Sample Space Remaining On The Disk • O/S Info Version 1.1(b) - 05/01/2016 • Added W-30 Disk Image File Support Version 1.1(c) - 06/07/2016 • A Minor Fix To Recognize Some Legacy O/S disks Version 1.2 - 04/09/2020 • Added A New Font • Added eMail Contact Link • Modified The 'Choose File' Button For Better Visibility Version 1.3 - 11/14/2020 • Minor Fix To Recognize The S-550 v1.15 Utility Disk And The S-330 v1.03 Utility Disk Version 1.4 - 02/15/2021 • Minor Fix To Recognize Very Early Versions Of W-30 Utility Disks Version 1.5 - 09/14/2022 • Now Detects "Dongle Required" and "Cracked" Versions Of Director-S System Disks (SYS‑503, SYS‑333 and SYS‑553) Notes
While testing, I have noticed that some disk image files have inconsistent data and contain sample information errors. These errors usually involve data for the Wave Bank Locations A/B and contain a bogus frequency rate. These will display on the screen as;
TOTAL SAMPLE SPACE INCORRECT The total sample space used in the Wave Banks does not add up RECOMMENDED ACTION: Check the file integrity or try re‑saving this sample set to a new file
If a Tone on the disk contains no sample data and the only thing assigned to that Tone slot is a name label, the Tone name will not appear in the Tone Name list. One possible reason for the inconsistency would be if a Tone was initially created but saving the sample data was abandoned. This would leave an empty Tone slot with only the Tone name label remaining Whenever possible, suggestions will appear below the listing if an error is encountered or if the disk is a System O/S boot disk. Some examples are:
Questions & Answers
Q: Is there any way to run this utility offline without being connected to the Internet?
A: Absolutely! It's quite easy. Simply right‑click on the HTML links S‑550_disk_info.html and S‑550_Reader_Release_Notes.html then use the "Download Linked File As..." option within your browser and save these two files to a folder on your hard drive. Everything will work exactly the same. To make it look identical with all the original images, right‑click and use the "Save Image As..." option for rsb_magnified.jpg, ssampzone_inverse.jpg, PRG_icon.jpg, computer_bug.gif, text_icon.jpg and paypal_donate_smaller.jpg in the same folder as the HTML files I designed this as an online utility for three reasons: 1) No software to install 2) It's easier to distribute this way as a simple webpage 3) The most current version will always available online Q: Can you add a feature which allows the ability to edit and write the Patch, Tone, and Disk Label names? A: No way, José! Apple, Mozilla and Google go out of their way to make sure that browsers can't write data directly onto the hard drive because of hackers. The only way to write to the hard drive would be to make a stand‑alone program which doesn't use a browser. I don't code anything other than HTML so no plans for a stand‑alone program are in the works. It's really too bad because a program would be quite simple as far as design goes. There are only a couple of sections within the 3.5" floppy disk image *.OUT file which would need editing; Patch Names (16 x 12 ASCII characters) Tone Names (48 x 8 ASCII characters) Disk Label (12 x 5 ASCII characters) Only 70 strings of ASCII data... and even less for an S‑50
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