Retro/pcjs
Watch
1
0
Fork
You've already forked pcjs
 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

Website README updates

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Jeff Parsons 2017-06-21 16:55:12 -07:00 • committed by Jeff Parsons
commit b671b086ce
2 changed files with 18 additions and 11 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

10
disks/README.md
View file

@ -21,14 +21,18 @@ Additional selected software is available in the PCjs [Software Archives](/apps/
### PCx86 Disk Image Formats
PCx86 works best with disk images in a **JSON** format, to save conversion time, so that's the
only disk format you'll find in the [PCjs Project](https://github.com/jeffpar/pcjs).
PCx86 works best with disk images in a **JSON** format, so that's the only disk format you'll
find in the [PCjs Project](https://github.com/jeffpar/pcjs).
There are several ways you can convert a PCjs **JSON** disk image back into a binary **IMG** file:
- Load the desired disk into a PCjs machine and click the **Save** button
- Load the disk into a PCjs machine and click the **Save** button
- Use the [DiskDump API](/api/v1/dump) (available only in the [PCjs Node Web Server](/server.js))
Note that whenever you **Save** a disk inside a PCjs machine, it is saved exactly as it exists
at that point in time. So, if you made any changes to the disk, those changes will be preserved
in your saved copy. Otherwise, the disk image should be an exact copy of the original PCjs disk.
When using the [DiskDump API](/api/v1/dump), set the *format* parameter set to `img` instead of `json`.
For example: