Re: Converting disk images to floppies....

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mad Harry wrote:
> 
> On 3 Jan 1999 08:02:32 GMT, bguenter@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de
> (Boris Guenter) wrote:
> 
> >Mad Harry (madharry@cdc.net) wrote:
> ><snipped>
> >
> >The most common form of the emulator disk image is the .dsk archive.
> >On the IIe, you can use a program named DSK2FILE to move images to
> >5.25" disks. If you have access to a IIgs, you can also use Ninjaforce's
> >Asimov which is much more user-friendly.
> >
> >To move non-emulator .sdk archives back to 5.25", use ShrinkIt.
> >
> 
>   Well, DSK2FILE would work, provided we had bootable DOS 3.3 or
> ProDOS disks for either of our Apple2's.  My brother has a IIgs and a
> //e, as well as 3 Macs.  The problem comes from not being able to get
> ShrinkIt, or much of anything else to do anything to the .DSK files to
> convert them back to floppies.  Whether we tried to do it on the Mac
> IIfx or on the IIgs.  In fact, I think we had a little better luck on
> the IIgs, but we didn't run across Asimov.  I guess I'll have to try
> and track it down and see what we can do with it.
 ....

     You could email some regular poster and request a few startup
diskettes. This would get you bootable DOS and ProDOS diskettes with
copy utilities (e.g. Copy II Plus), "ShrinkIt", a filetype changer util,
and an Apple II telecom utility (e.g. ZLink) to handle file transfers
from your PC or Mac to your Apple II. Probably, the cost will be $3-$5
to cover postage and materials.

     A IIgs with at least one 3.5" drive and one 5.25" drive running
ProDOS 8 is plenty of computer for handling the transfers and doing .dsk
--> diskette conversions.



Rubywand