DIMG Release 1.0 Release Notes             24 January 2010
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  DIMG is a simple disk imaging utility for Windows and UNIX. Features include:
    * Read image from disk
    * Write image to disk
    * Browse FAT12 filesystem and extract files

  DIMG uses Qt4 to provide its user interface and currently uses LibDsk for all
  of the heavy lifting.

  This release represents the state of v1.0 development at the time of tagging
  (24 January 2010). There may be future bug fix releases before the next
  planned feature release (v1.1).

  This software, despite its version number, should be considered BETA quality.
  The author does not have the resources for extensive testing and is not an
  expert in filesystem implementation or disk imaging.

  DIMG v1.0 is packaged as the following components:
    DIMG v1.0: The base program. On its own it can not do much.

    DQWindrv v1.0: A very basic Drive Access plugin for windows systems. It
    talks to windows directly to access the floppy drive and provides good
    performance. Its format support is fairly limited.

    DQDLibDsk v1.0: A Drive Access plugin that uses LibDsk to talk to floppy
    drives on UNIX. It is much more advanced than DQWindrv and will handle a
    much wider variety of disk formats but provides very bad performance to
    the point of being nearly unusable. As such, DQWindrv is provided and is
    used as the default on that platform with DQDLibDsk being the default
    everywhere else.

    fat12fs v1.0.1: A prototype read-only FAT12 filesystem implementation. It
    should not be considered stable (DMF formatted disks for example will kill
    it). It will be entirely rewritten in a future version. This is necessary
    for filesystem functions.

  Contents:
    /dimg       -- DIMG program
    /DQDLibDsk  -- DQDLibDsk Drive Access Plugin (UNIX)
    /DQWindrv   -- DQWindrv Drive Access Plugin (Windows)
    /fat12fs    -- FAT12 filesystem implementation
    /QFATreader -- Filesystem Plugin container
    
  Available Documentation:
    A000-UM01  -- DIMG User Manual, Version 1.0

  Requirements:
    Trolltech Qt version 4.5 or higher. Some older versions may work.
    On UNIX, LibDsk is required. Version 1.2 or higher should work.

  Supported Platforms:
    This program has been tested and is known to work on Windows XP, Windows 7
    and and Kubuntu 8.04. It should in theory run where ever LibDsk and Qt 4.5
    do.

  License:
    See the COPYING file which you should have received with this distribution.
    This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License Agreement,
    Version 2 or (at your option) any later version.

  Known Issues:
    - DMF formatted disks will crash the program if the fat12fs plugin is
      present.
    - Geometry handling on Windows using DQWindrv is very basic. Only 1.44MB 
      disks have been tested and it is unknown if any other format will work.
    - The FAT12 Filesystem implementation is a little flakey. If it is
      confronted with anything unusual (such as a corrupt image) it will likely
      crash the program. If DIMG is acting unstable try disabling the FAT12 
      filesystem plugin.

  Changelog:
    See the CHANGES file which you should have received with this distribution.
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                                                                   David Goodwin