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▸ Disk Identity

Image Size360 KB
FilesystemFAT12 (assumed — non-standard BPB)
Floppy Type360KB
Form Factor5.25"
Format NotesIBM DOS 2.0 DS/DD
Cylinders40
Heads2
Sectors/Track9
Total Sectors720
Physical disk scan — Personal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988
Physical media scan

▸ Contents Summary

33FILES
7DIRECTORIES
330.7 KBTOTAL DATA
Used capacity91.9%
Slack space8.1% (29.3 KB)
Date range1988-05-01
Largest fileJINX1 (50.8 KB)
Cross-disk dupes3 file(s)
AV status✓ CLEAN
Disk SHA-256:a4f8e5ea5f9e0eca9b7e5d850f854c32989ed7d9952b05ab6adeb7bd452bcf97

▸ Archivist's Notes

DEVICE: GreaseWeazle 4.1
   DRIVE: TEAC FD-55BR
   SUITE: FluxEngine (decoder.retries=0, drive.revolutions=1.4)
ARCHIVER: Lee Smallbone
ARCHIVED: 2026-07-18 21:00 (GMT/UTC)

NOTES: 
Disk purchased as a batch of 10 from eBay.

Generally good condition overall. 3 spots of contamination on the disk on rotation; cleaned with surgical swab and rubbing alcohol.

Disk drive heads thoroughly cleaned (3x 'gw clean' cycles with a isopropyl alcohol-soaked cleaning disk)

100% media recovery.

Disk returned to original sleeve for archiving.

▸ Directory Tree

┌─ PERSONAL-COMPUTING-AMSTRAD_MAY-1988.IMG
│
├── ADVANTAG\
│   ├── ADVANTAG.DOC               8.1 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:1c920ed2dc91bb56dc0e6ebac358c6fa7363201eea6b04bc81e3149a227d6719
│   ├── CRIME.EXE                 48.6 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:15b060b4f975e5f5f794f1123715309c78606ba7dd87a0a61b9dea63f3857571
│   ├── MENU.TXT                     2 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:9d3e7127ecc626561c33a963e5bf65416f12640f09abdc3357a891fb486a4dcc
│   ├── PCBOSS.COM                29.3 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:1a41a5dc65888fc7a3764be6a5815af0c15155763f7c8ad522dea861db2d6015
│   ├── PCBOSS.DOC                 1.1 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:5795ffac5e5b84fa00803fbac70cf5fef3f0c6ba8c9a58ec88b94731a134d207
│   ├── REMIND.COM                 1.8 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:ffd09f8654befc0f6e6d755399b7db8eb028509e7eea8695fe74bcfde33ee788
│   └── REMIND.DOC                  640 B  1988-05-01  sha256:b10abdfa66ab2498caab184dadfd7f3eb0d5f6c910c6c48ad66f96bf1cbc2719
├── ANAG2\
│   ├── ANAG.DAT                   3.1 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:cff7b5e1d208ec37e538f5093c53c9135312ca588f13db1b6b137c4a0a458060
│   ├── ANAG2.EXE                 13.1 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:7109a84f2dca5a22a07ced270b5068d03a33ef1fb21daaa76e611b0a31a7552f
│   └── MENU.TXT                   1.9 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:b614015e99dd39880d461dad98af584f9e610f55421db10aaa76140a403aa9a2
├── HEADER\
│   ├── EXAMPLE                    5.6 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:ff5718e442681a27ee44d3903c364d95736ce6e4495886ae0097738320cf00f5
│   └── HEADER.EXE                14.8 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:65874f2e6241cb700c922e3f972516b2deddbab89b7692b0af702578127979dd
├── INDEX\
│   └── INDEX.DOC                 13.9 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:32f822e04c7914d3b42f10b66f8254550e0f6f4e8ec5a0e1da69c67c7ba92984
├── JINXTER\
│   ├── DISK1.PIX                    12 B  1988-05-01  sha256:12eee4e7e801722ff4d4cd827debc3f7babba26d2104081ff6e107b0559ba2df
│   ├── DISK2.PIX                    12 B  1988-05-01  sha256:12eee4e7e801722ff4d4cd827debc3f7babba26d2104081ff6e107b0559ba2df
│   ├── DOJINX.EXE                 1.5 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:13a3a9e27b447536cbbbec79e46d46a493564a74099688bb54bfcc94afc2e767
│   ├── JINX0                      3.7 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:4ce2e31a2f6b5256ea9239bae74c93605bb475afd2f61fee108f1ce3f9acfc1d
│   ├── JINX1                     50.8 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:43e946a4e8234a957df4927a8d5cc09837551217cb177b26a92922876de7ec6a
│   ├── JINX2                      3.2 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:b22e19b1cad6706d515c953b4745fc0ed04d26cb9e402b948f29e488df2a5e09
│   ├── JINX3                     26.4 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:ac6145cb9cb7c6222ed05eac7d74d559eb3eb18c9df4923a0f49c37827202c46
│   ├── JINX4                       256 B  1988-05-01  sha256:add00b3947124d0bed8381384c1d95f84a7de5aebd1191b63f9c65c2600ea474
│   └── JINX5                     25.9 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:d3d36d45df7f86c9961b090d6d3a1b0afd76a974b405f6aa3401e708e847596d
├── PTP\
│   ├── PTP.MSG                    2.6 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:c0131428ff8e3d9c1d1cab72e79a8bd6afa63ff4f1af60d1480acc75521f0dc2
│   └── PTPDEMO.EXE               41.5 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:dd4f0a68d3071891a4a617333cb528910e3dcab89d3b3538217dd3fea32a1cff
├── TOOLKIT\
│   ├── MENU.TXT                   1.9 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:6d9fe64122c9584976c44c60ad34ccc319c6cf1c0ed6a1c59d18d7c21c2c5ca3
│   └── QF.EXE                     7.9 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:5cb3fee6f61950d6ba40153f3e2398585d31811329be5cf83f3cbb2d4be612b1
├── LOGO.TXT                    565 B  1988-05-01  sha256:dc6100abae64817a237fef8ad6ca14088be078d8464d1369cc84a00bf12c7538
├── MENU.BAT                   1013 B  1988-05-01  sha256:35954781455d5656168770ff84e9f895559c68c6ee8f8607e1a98e6852a8e477
├── MENU.TXT                     2 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:21b31f12562eb12afaeeb04290ff72c930c4f530f84c3eb135611ce4681c8878
├── MENU1.TXT                    2 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:a6db9fcf8d6f150ef7bb068ba767c0fa7d492b200512e7775c2e83c39e1bfde4
├── PCA.BAT                      31 B  1988-05-01  sha256:5b2e891dbc58384995451659718e823692c2299b66563c674c6bee78979402ab
├── SHOW.EXE                     8 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:7488d79721ce1b295a3fc1abb9822467673d03b69e85c9faa4836132c767c733
└── TITLE.EXE                  7.5 KB  1988-05-01  sha256:8a3ea501ee563482ae9e779456eb9a49b25f23cb5b17af2f2db7ab12aefa359b
│
└─ END PERSONAL-COMPUTING-AMSTRAD_MAY-1988.IMG

▸ File Manifest

PathSize ModifiedSHA-256
ADVANTAG\ADVANTAG.DOC 📄 view 8.1 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 1c920ed2dc91bb56dc0e6ebac358c6fa7363201eea6b04bc81e3149a227d6719
ADVANTAG\CRIME.EXE 48.6 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 15b060b4f975e5f5f794f1123715309c78606ba7dd87a0a61b9dea63f3857571⚠ DUP
ADVANTAG\MENU.TXT 📄 view 2 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 9d3e7127ecc626561c33a963e5bf65416f12640f09abdc3357a891fb486a4dcc
ADVANTAG\PCBOSS.COM 29.3 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 1a41a5dc65888fc7a3764be6a5815af0c15155763f7c8ad522dea861db2d6015
ADVANTAG\PCBOSS.DOC 1.1 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 5795ffac5e5b84fa00803fbac70cf5fef3f0c6ba8c9a58ec88b94731a134d207
ADVANTAG\REMIND.COM 1.8 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 ffd09f8654befc0f6e6d755399b7db8eb028509e7eea8695fe74bcfde33ee788
ADVANTAG\REMIND.DOC 640 B 1988-05-01 00:00 b10abdfa66ab2498caab184dadfd7f3eb0d5f6c910c6c48ad66f96bf1cbc2719
ANAG2\ANAG.DAT 📄 view 3.1 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 cff7b5e1d208ec37e538f5093c53c9135312ca588f13db1b6b137c4a0a458060
ANAG2\ANAG2.EXE 13.1 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 7109a84f2dca5a22a07ced270b5068d03a33ef1fb21daaa76e611b0a31a7552f
ANAG2\MENU.TXT 📄 view 1.9 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 b614015e99dd39880d461dad98af584f9e610f55421db10aaa76140a403aa9a2
HEADER\EXAMPLE 5.6 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 ff5718e442681a27ee44d3903c364d95736ce6e4495886ae0097738320cf00f5
HEADER\HEADER.EXE 14.8 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 65874f2e6241cb700c922e3f972516b2deddbab89b7692b0af702578127979dd
INDEX\INDEX.DOC 📄 view 13.9 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 32f822e04c7914d3b42f10b66f8254550e0f6f4e8ec5a0e1da69c67c7ba92984
JINXTER\DISK1.PIX 📄 view 12 B 1988-05-01 00:00 12eee4e7e801722ff4d4cd827debc3f7babba26d2104081ff6e107b0559ba2df⚠ DUP
JINXTER\DISK2.PIX 📄 view 12 B 1988-05-01 00:00 12eee4e7e801722ff4d4cd827debc3f7babba26d2104081ff6e107b0559ba2df⚠ DUP
JINXTER\DOJINX.EXE 1.5 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 13a3a9e27b447536cbbbec79e46d46a493564a74099688bb54bfcc94afc2e767
JINXTER\JINX0 3.7 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 4ce2e31a2f6b5256ea9239bae74c93605bb475afd2f61fee108f1ce3f9acfc1d
JINXTER\JINX1 50.8 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 43e946a4e8234a957df4927a8d5cc09837551217cb177b26a92922876de7ec6a
JINXTER\JINX2 3.2 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 b22e19b1cad6706d515c953b4745fc0ed04d26cb9e402b948f29e488df2a5e09
JINXTER\JINX3 26.4 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 ac6145cb9cb7c6222ed05eac7d74d559eb3eb18c9df4923a0f49c37827202c46
JINXTER\JINX4 256 B 1988-05-01 00:00 add00b3947124d0bed8381384c1d95f84a7de5aebd1191b63f9c65c2600ea474
JINXTER\JINX5 25.9 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 d3d36d45df7f86c9961b090d6d3a1b0afd76a974b405f6aa3401e708e847596d
PTP\PTP.MSG 📄 view 2.6 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 c0131428ff8e3d9c1d1cab72e79a8bd6afa63ff4f1af60d1480acc75521f0dc2
PTP\PTPDEMO.EXE 41.5 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 dd4f0a68d3071891a4a617333cb528910e3dcab89d3b3538217dd3fea32a1cff
TOOLKIT\MENU.TXT 📄 view 1.9 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 6d9fe64122c9584976c44c60ad34ccc319c6cf1c0ed6a1c59d18d7c21c2c5ca3
TOOLKIT\QF.EXE 7.9 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 5cb3fee6f61950d6ba40153f3e2398585d31811329be5cf83f3cbb2d4be612b1
LOGO.TXT 📄 view 565 B 1988-05-01 00:00 dc6100abae64817a237fef8ad6ca14088be078d8464d1369cc84a00bf12c7538
MENU.BAT 📄 view 1013 B 1988-05-01 00:00 35954781455d5656168770ff84e9f895559c68c6ee8f8607e1a98e6852a8e477
MENU.TXT 📄 view 2 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 21b31f12562eb12afaeeb04290ff72c930c4f530f84c3eb135611ce4681c8878
MENU1.TXT 📄 view 2 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 a6db9fcf8d6f150ef7bb068ba767c0fa7d492b200512e7775c2e83c39e1bfde4
PCA.BAT 📄 view 31 B 1988-05-01 00:00 5b2e891dbc58384995451659718e823692c2299b66563c674c6bee78979402ab
SHOW.EXE 8 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 7488d79721ce1b295a3fc1abb9822467673d03b69e85c9faa4836132c767c733
TITLE.EXE 7.5 KB 1988-05-01 00:00 8a3ea501ee563482ae9e779456eb9a49b25f23cb5b17af2f2db7ab12aefa359b

▸ Antivirus Scan

✓ NO THREATS DETECTED
33FILES SCANNED
0INFECTED
0ERRORS
37.26sSCAN TIME
Engine: WARNING: VERSION command disabled in clamd, printing the local version.  ·  via clamdscan
Infected files: 0
Time: 0.006 sec (0 m 0 s)

⚠ Duplicate Files

SHA-256Occurrences
15b060b4f975e5f5f794f1123715309c78606ba7dd87a0a61b9dea63f3857571H.C.S.-Direct_Adventureware.img::CRIME.EXE
Personal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.img::ADVANTAG/CRIME.EXE
12eee4e7e801722ff4d4cd827debc3f7babba26d2104081ff6e107b0559ba2dfPersonal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.img::JINXTER/DISK1.PIX
Personal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.img::JINXTER/DISK2.PIX

▸ Archive.org

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Once uploaded, create Personal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.link in the archive directory containing the item identifier.

▸ Live Access via mTCP NetDrive

All variants of this disk are available for immediate live access on the public X86.WORLD mTCP NetDrive service. Connect commands for each variant are shown in the Available Image Variants section below.

Requires mTCP and a configured packet driver. Replace D: with any free drive letter. Type NETDRIVE DISCONNECT D: to unmount.

▸ Available Image Variants

This disk is available in 2 variants. The Original is the unmodified flux capture exactly as read from physical media. Other variants have been processed for specific purposes — see each tab for details.

Original Image
✓ AV Clean
FilenamePersonal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.img
FilesystemFAT12 (assumed — non-standard BPB)
Files33
SHA-256a4f8e5ea5f9e0eca9b7e5d850f854c32989ed7d9952b05ab6adeb7bd452bcf97
DOS CONNECT COMMAND
NETDRIVE CONNECT disks.x86.world:2002 Personal-Computing-Amstrad_May-1988.img D:

▸ Media Gallery

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Dir
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Disk-rear
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Fluxengine
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Pca-menu