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Re: iic boot from serial port?
- Subject: Re: iic boot from serial port?
- From: "Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:57:44 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
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> > One way to run that .dsk file would only work if it was in PO (ProDOS
> > order) format.
>
> Then it's no longer a .dsk file but a .po file. A .dsk file is by
> definition in DOS sector order -- if you mess with that, a lot of
> Apple II emulators will get confused. So if you change the
> sector order within the disk image, alsop be sure to change the
> extension (i.e. the "file type") from ".dsk" to ".po".
I have seen .dsk files which were in ProDOS order. I have also seen .do
files which specify their order explicitly. I would say that .dsk is a very
common extension, which I've seen used for many purposes (Mac HFS images for
one thing). So, why do you say that the definition of .dsk specifies DO?
Simon.