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Re: SHK files

On 12/06/2011 11:44 PM, David Schmidt wrote:

On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:

On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:

On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:


Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?


Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
and how big your SHK is
4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
6. Quit, then use your new disk


That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
contents of the SHK into a new disk image?


No. There is no such thing. A .shk file is simply a collection of Apple
II files. If you want to create a disk image out of said collection, you
need to go through the steps above.
Under the tools menu in CiderPress there is a function to convert the open archive to a disk image. IIRC this will do what the poster requested. 

Cheers
Mike T