Version 3 Beta!
I've been working at this new version of Disk Jockey for months and I wanted to share a beta with you all.It's shock full of new stuff and there are too many to list. But here are some highlights:
- Create disk images for not only Macintosh, but also Amiga, Apple II and Akai samplers
- Look inside DOS 3.3 disks
- And Amiga images
- Identify that weird ROM you have found
- And metric tons more!
Grab a copy of the beta here:
https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu/files/diskjockeybeta/Disk-Jockey.dmg
The (succinct) release notes are here:
https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu/files/diskjockeybeta/Disk-Jockey.html
And if you find issues (which is likely), you can report them here (please tag them with the Beta tag):
https://github.com/OneGeekArmy/Disk-Jockey-Community/issues
Version 2.5
It's out!Multiple partitions, much better ProDOS support and a bunch more things (like auto-updating!) are included.
Get it here: https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu/
The full release notes are here: https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu/files/diskjockey/Disk-Jockey.app.html
Version 2.5 Preview
(Because this is pretty exciting stuff)I just wanted to share this before the official release in a week or so because it's pretty neat. Disk Jockey now has a built-in partitioner that allows you to add volumes to your disk image. "Sure", I hear you say, "but HD SC Setup also allows me to partition my disk so why would I need this"? Well, can HD SC Setup do this?
As you might deduce from the screenshot (which is completely non-contractual, things might, and will, change before release), not only can you create empty volumes, you can also insert *existing* volumes (HFS or ProDOS) in your disk image.
For example, Eric has just created a disk image with a regular HFS partition and the Total Replay 5 ProDOS disk image:
Finally, as the screenshot also shows, Disk Jockey will be bundled with a couple of volumes containing bootable versions of System 6.0.8 and System 7.1, so that you have everything you need on the same disk image when you're rebuilding a machine from scratch.
PS: and unlike the official partitioner from Apple, Disk Jockey will let you use every byte of your 32 MB ProDOS partition
Version 2.1 - now 100% nerdier!
Disk Jockey now has a little buddy called Disk Jockey Jr (djjr). It's a command-line version to automate your disk image creation. Have you always wanted to create 200 disk images of increasing sizes? Now you canIt can be installed from Disk Jockey (it's in the File menu), or you can download just the installer at https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey/
jeanmi@Macintosh bin % djjr --help
USAGE: djjr [-sB <sB>] [-sM <sM>] [--output-name <output-name>] [--device-image] [--version]
OPTIONS:
-sB, --size-in-bytes <sB>
Size in bytes of the image.
-sM, --size-in-mb <sM> Size in megabytes of the image.
-o, --output-name <output-name>
File name of the image. If you omit this parameter, your image will be named "untitled.img"
or "untitled.hda"
-d, --device-image Create a device image. This will install a SCSI driver and a partition map. You need this for
BlueSCSI or RaSCSI.
-v, --version Show version information.
-h, --help Show help information.Also, this version fixes a bug that caused some HFS partitions to mount as read-only when the SCSI driver of their image had been converted by DJ from Lido to HD SC Setup 7.3.5.
Version 2!
After weeks of pretending to work at my desk job and doing this instead, I'm very happy to report that version 2 of Disk Jockey is out!Not only can you create new disk images, you can now dig through existing ones using Disk-O-Matic! Drag a disk image on the Disk Jockey window (or its icon), Disk-O-Matic starts up and shows you what's inside your image.
It understands simple volume images (like the ones used by Basilisk II) and device images that contain SCSI drivers (like the ones used by BlueSCSI and RaSCSI). It can also open Disk Copy images and most Macintosh ISOs and Toast images. Do you want to know what's on the Apple Legacy CDs but don't want to bother mounting them in an emulator, or burning them? This is for you.
It allows you to browse the contents of HFS and MFS partitions and volumes, and can give you detailed info on the files and directories inside.
Also:
- It can convert an existing volume image (Basilisk II and others) into a device image (BlueSCSI / RaSCSI) in one click.
- It also does the reverse and allows you to extract a volume from a device image and make it a volume image.
- If your device image has a Lido driver that slows you down, it can replace it with the classic HD SC Setup 7.3.5 driver for increased performance.
- An issue that caused Disk Jockey images to not mount properly on some Mac configurations (your Mac never prompted you to initialize the new drive) is fixed. Disk-O-Matic will detect those images and fix them for you if you want.
- There's a new preference pane to fine-tune a couple of defaults that you might disagree with
It's still completely free.
Nab it here: https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey/
Version 1
Hi everyone,
For #MARCHintosh2022, I've put together Disk Jockey: a macOS application that creates disk images of (almost) any size and takes the guesswork out. https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey/
You can either specify the disk image size you want or, because Disk Jockey knows about most SCSI Macs, it can create disk images that perfectly match your machine.
If your disk image is going to be used in a BlueSCSI or a RaSCSI, Disk Jockey will partition it as one large volume and install a SCSI driver for you. No more wondering if your disk image is the right kind! It will also name your disk image properly, according to the preferred naming convention of what you'll use it with.
Disk Jockey runs on Intel and M1 Macs (macOS 11 and up), supports dark mode, it's notarized (Apple signed it and sorta guarantees that it won't do bad things to your computer) and it's written in Swift.
It's completely free.
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