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1.1.1.3 ! root        1: HMSA(1)                        Hatari utilities                        HMSA(1)
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1.1.1.3 ! root        5: NAME
        !             6:        hmsa - Atari MSA / ST disk image creator and converter
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1.1.1.3 ! root        8: SYNOPSIS
        !             9:        hmsa diskimage [disksize]
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1.1.1.3 ! root       11: DESCRIPTION
        !            12:        Hmsa  is  little  program  to create compressed Atari MSA (Magic Shadow
        !            13:        Archiver) and uncompressed ST disk images and to  convert  disk  images
        !            14:        between these two formats.
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1.1.1.3 ! root       16:        MSA and ST image format saving code is same as in Hatari itself.
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1.1.1.3 ! root       18: USAGE
        !            19:        If  you give only one parameter, the file name of an existing MSA or ST
        !            20:        disk image, this image will be converted to the other disk image format
        !            21:        under a suitable new file name.
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1.1.1.3 ! root       23:        If the file does not exist and you give also a disk size:
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1.1.1.3 ! root       25:        SS     Single Sided (360KB)
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        !            27:        DS     Double Sided (720KB)
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        !            29:        HD     High Density (1.44MB)
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        !            31:        ED     Extended Density (2.88MB)
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        !            33:        An empty disk of the given size will be created.
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        !            35:        Disk  image  format  is  recognized  based  on  the file name extension
        !            36:        (either .msa or .st).
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        !            38: EXAMPLES
        !            39:        Create a normal double sided empty ST disk image:
        !            40:             hmsa blank.st DS
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        !            42:        Convert an MSA format disk image to an ST format one:
        !            43:             hmsa disk.msa
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        !            45: SEE ALSO
        !            46:        Hmsa is part of hatari.
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        !            48: AUTHOR
        !            49:        Written by Thomas Huth <[email protected]>.  This manual  page  and
        !            50:        empty disk creation was added by Eero Tamminen.
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        !            52: LICENSE
        !            53:        This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
        !            54:        under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
        !            55:        Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
        !            56:        option) any later version.
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        !            58: NO WARRANTY
        !            59:        This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
        !            60:        WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
        !            61:        CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
        !            62:        Public License for more details.
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        !            66: Hatari                            2010-05-30                           HMSA(1)

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