Re: dsk and do files

[adrianw@cassius.ee.usyd.edu.au (Adrian Whichello)]

In article <355b89d6.11957834@news.bconnex.net>,
Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:

>
>GSHK cannot create 5.25" disk archives of non-ProDOS disks.  I just
>tried it with a DOS 3.3 disk and got a dialog saying that GSHK
>couldn't pack it and to use the 8 bit version.
>
>However, I redid my test with the DOS 3.3 FST enabled (it was disabled
>during my first test) and GSHK did create the SDK file from a DOS 3.3
>disk and also unpacked it properly.  GSHK still couldn't unpack an SDK
>created with the 8 bit ShrinkIt.
>
>I didn't try it with Pascal but I'm sure it would work the same as DOS
>3.3.
>

No it doesn't. I was trying to make a shrinkit archive of a 5.25" Pascal disk
last weekend and GSHK wouldn't do it - I had to use the 8 bit ShrinkIt. And
yes, the Pascal FST was enabled.

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