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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)
                     26: 
                     27:        DS     Double Sided (720KB)
                     28: 
                     29:        HD     High Density (1.44MB)
                     30: 
                     31:        ED     Extended Density (2.88MB)
                     32: 
                     33:        An empty disk of the given size will be created.
                     34: 
                     35:        Disk  image  format  is  recognized  based  on  the file name extension
                     36:        (either .msa or .st).
                     37: 
                     38: EXAMPLES
                     39:        Create a normal double sided empty ST disk image:
                     40:             hmsa blank.st DS
                     41: 
                     42:        Convert an MSA format disk image to an ST format one:
                     43:             hmsa disk.msa
                     44: 
                     45: SEE ALSO
                     46:        Hmsa is part of hatari.
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                     48: AUTHOR
1.1.1.4 ! root       49:        Written by Thomas Huth <huth at tuxfamily.org>.  This manual  page  and
1.1.1.3   root       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.
                     57: 
                     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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