Re: SHK files

[David Schmidt <david4602@gmail.com>]

On Dec 7, 1:27 am, BluPhoenyx <bluphoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/06/2011 11:44 PM, David Schmidt wrote:
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> > On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:
> >> On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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> >>>> 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?
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> >>> 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
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> >> 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?
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> > 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.
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> 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.

Ah, yes there is - you still need to choose a disk size, but that
saves steps over the copy/paste method.  Note too that moving files
from a .shk to a new disk image will not generally result in a
bootable disk.  You'd need to copy over the PRODOS file and maybe even
BASIC.SYSTEM to get it to boot to a reasonable state by itself.  .shk
files were generally intended to be unpacked on an already-running
system.