# DiscTester

**URL:** <https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597>\
**Category:** Applications\
**Tags:** dsk, ai\
**Created:** [September 30, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597 "2026-09-30T06:11:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/wackedman/32/99_2.png) [@WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/WacKEDmaN)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/1 "2026-09-30T06:11:38Z")

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got claude to write a nice disk tester/viewer, that shows various info about each block on the disk..

shows a nice circular view aswell

ive got some bad disks and wanted to actually see where they are bad on the disk

> <https://github.com/WacKEDmaN/Z80ASM/blob/main/docs/DiscTester.md>

[disctest.dsk](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/short-url/h6EFutk1igvrroLKCV3Xrvy3AL9.dsk) (190.3 KB)

 ![circle_errors](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/2713df7f5cb979adef12d8509f69797990878d17.png)

 ![map_errors](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/1a94e0726be95fe831b240b7c693ffa1c1f9f8ad.png)

 ![circle_parados80](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/fc7a7d17459627410e7d95b88863bd0156a5ff21.png)

> <https://github.com/WacKEDmaN/Z80ASM/blob/main/disctest.asm>

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**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/2 "2026-09-30T06:23:21Z")

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Heh, that’s nice. Can you share your workflow with Claude?

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**Author:** ![WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/wackedman/32/99_2.png) [@WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/WacKEDmaN)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/3 "2026-09-30T06:29:30Z")

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single shot prompt to get the main map…i was using claude cloud linked to github..

“i want you to write me a z80 assembly program for amstrad cpc that tests floppy discs, graphically shows all tracks and sectors, and show which ones are bad, which have data, the type of data, etc etc… it should support all the floppy disk formats the cpc can support (3 and 3.5in)”

2nd prompt “is it possible to make a graphical disc with the sectors and tracks laid out… like a circular disk…maybe use mode 1 or 2 for more resolution”

it created a new branch on my github, added the images, readme, and asm, and even built a dsk image!

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**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/4 "2026-09-30T06:32:37Z")

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Thanks, interesting. And it created the dsk by itself, no prompting???

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**Author:** ![WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/wackedman/32/99_2.png) [@WacKEDmaN](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/WacKEDmaN)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/5 "2026-09-30T06:37:47Z")

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no prompting to build the dsk image…

it even built caprice to use for testing and screenshots!

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**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/6 "2026-09-30T06:38:35Z")

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Ha that’s great 😃

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**Author:** ![cpcitor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/cpcitor/32/321_2.png) [@cpcitor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/cpcitor)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/7 "2026-10-01T20:41:44Z")

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> [@WacKEDmaN](#):
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> no prompting to build the dsk image…
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> it even built caprice to use for testing and screenshots!

Only half-joking: the model has learn from [cpc-dev-tool-chain](https://github.com/cpcitor/cpc-dev-tool-chain/), CPCTelera and other tools. 😉

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**Author:** ![slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/slider271/32/501_2.png) [@slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/slider271)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/disctester/597/8 "2026-10-01T20:43:06Z")

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well that’s how AI works, scraping other people’s sites and content, taking away clicks and views 😉
