Thomas Cherryhomes#ColecoAdam A few weeks ago, I posted how to use #MAME's castool utility to generate a .WAV file containing the formatting tracks for a center directory DDP.
When recorded to an actual data pack, e.g. in an audio tape deck, this can rejuvinate a degraded tape (it will however delete any existing data) WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A DONOR TAPE.
I will be recording a video shortly showing the entire process of constructing the blank DDP image, the WAV file, and recording the WAV file using a USB enabled audio cassette player.
Hopefully this will be a great preservation boost for data packs, both factory and third-party alike.