DirMaster v1.0

DirMaster v1.0a

DirMaster v2.1

DirMaster v2.2

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

Some of the new stuff in v3.0.0:

• .d4m (read/write), .hdd (read only), .m2i (read only), .nib (read only)
• .lbr & .spy archival formats
• explorer file preview panel integration
• exporting to .png, .rtf and .html
• extra love for GEOS freaks
• disassembly/hex viewers, REL file display, cset and image format displayers
• batch processing w/ external script integration
• experimental OpenCBM support
• Rewritten and comprehensive online documentation

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

Some of the new stuff in v3.1.0:

• .d1m (read/write)
• Windows Explorer right click context menu,
  "Extract All Here": extracts all files from the
  disk or archive file into the same directory
• add %H parameter to run in, to convert filename
  to $ hex characters
• file properties adds file size in bytes and
  md5 hash
• Ctrl x/c/v in a directory window will cut, copy,
  and paste files to and from the clipboard (mimics Windows Explorer behavior)
• mouse over a sector in the BAM shows the file
  name and sector
• selecting a file will number the linked sectors
  in the BAM
• tweaks to batch output (html, seq, txt, csv), GEOS
  file handling, disk error handling (23/24/27/29),
  sfx/sda title handling, PETSCII tool
• bug fixes addressing d2m, d4m, d81, t64, g64, nib
  and other general functions

DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections.

v3.1.1 addresses a few bugs reported by users.

• issue opening NAT partitions (.dhd)
• .dhd performance (no md5, .dhd BAM)
• horizontal BAM display (.d71)
• disk initialization when unzipping a 1-4! zipcode set when dragged from Explorer

What's New:

• Workaround for high dpi issues reported by users on Windows 10 (Windows 7/8 still affected, known issue)
• Drag/drop from a disk image to the file system handles “broken” files more gracefully.
• Corrects issue moving .cvt files between disk images.
• Page up/down works in the petscii column on the sector editor.
• Tweaks: hexedit font toggling, BAM view, Explorer preview font size.

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.3:

• Windows XP compatibility restored in 3.1.3 [0182] (Luca/FIRE + others)
• Extending a d64 from 35 to 40 tracks, track 35 is destroyed [0172] (stephan-andres)
• cvt file copy would result in failure to validate the disk in GEOS [0178] (scott.hutter)

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports. If you sent a bug report and don't see it addressed here, don't worry, it's in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.3:

• "Mark disk for GEOS" incorrectly writes the border sector [0181]
• New d64 images are more accurately matching the 1541 formatted content (open1,8,15,"n0:" style) [0179]
• BAM view could cause a crash when viewing truncated disk images, this should be less likely now [0168]
• An error message would sometimes be shown when quitting DirMaster after launching a disk image in an emulator [0159]

Belated thanks to Bacchus/FLT who sent most of the issues that were addressed in 3.1.2.

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.4:

• On a d81, we cannot navigate into a subdirectory created inside a subdirectory [0193] (scott.hutter)
• A large (32 blocks) GEOS VLIR file that cannot be copied between disks [0188] (user provided test file, thank you! birt_j)
• When exiting DirMaster, saving all modified disk images by clicking "Yes to all" fails silently [0183] (stephan-andres)
• Exported .cvt files don't conform with .cvt format's magic string [0184] (wweicht)
• Certain small GEOS files are not exportable or copy-able between disks [0187] (user provided test files, thank you! wweicht)

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports. If you sent a bug report and don't see it addressed here, don't worry, it's in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.4:

• High CPU usage when BAM view is open [0198]
• Editing a GEOS date stamp in File Properties has no effect [0192]
• File Property modified indicator (bold text) isn't reset when selecting a new file [0195]
• File Properties GEOS description field 'help text' is not updated when selecting a different file [0197]
• Application crash when no file is selected and certain GEOS properties are changed in File Properties dialog [0194]
• GEOS file properties date reports a day and month 1 step larger than actual GEOS [0191]
• cvt files use the global fill byte setting to pad records, but shouldn't [0189]
• GEOS description field in file properties dialog sometimes displays garbage [0190]

Issues reported by users that were resolved in v3.1.5:

• BAM can display a file chain for an offset file depending on Show Deleted Files toggle [0200] (M. Huth)
• allow VIC-20 BASIC files to be viewed [0201] (S. Houdek)​

Issues resolved due to user interest in v3.1.5:

DirMaster has supported 40 track disks since v3 in a limited read-only manner. Some users (most recently, hedning/G*P) expressed interest in better support for 40 track .d64; in response, v3.1.5 resolves these issues, with more features likely in a future version:

• PrologicDOS diskname and id are read from the wrong location [0176]
• improve detection of PrologicDOS, DolphinDOS and SpeedDOS [0208]
• blocks free doesn't account for tracks 36-40 when an extended track DOS format is detected [0209]
• enable writing files to tracks 36-40 on extended DOS format d64 [0210]
• extending a disk from 35 to 40 tracks should initialize the extra BAM for a default extended DOS (default = DolphinDOS) [0211]

Thanks to all who made an effort to submit bug reports and feedback. If you sent a bug report and don't see it addressed here, don't worry, it's in the queue.

Other issues resolved in v3.1.5:

• Can't set a sector error to 29 [0202]
• a .cvt file that contained a .cvt file would unarchive back to the containing .cvt [0203]