ADF (Amiga)

File Format
Name	ADF (Amiga)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Disk Image Formats ADF (Amiga)
Extension(s)	.adf, .adz

ADF (Amiga Disk File) is a floppy disk image format for Amiga computers.

The .adz filename extension indicates that the file has been gzip-compressed.

Disambiguation

It seems that the term ADF is sometimes used generically to mean any Amiga floppy disk image format, or at least expanded to include certain other formats.

Identification

An ADF file normally begins with ASCII "DOS", with the fourth byte ranging from 0x00 to 0x05.

Related formats

• OFS
• FFS
• Amiga double density disk

Software

• ADFlib
  • unADF
• FFS: xdftool
• OFS: extract-adf
• The Unarchiver

Sample files

• http://www.factor5.de/downloads.shtml
• http://www.imaginefa.com/tl_history_files/ADF/
• Aminet search for .adf

Links

• The .ADF FAQ
• Classicamiga Wiki: ADF
• Wikipedia: Amiga Disk File
• Transform the Gotek Floppy Emulator into an Amiga Floppy emulator