Re: dsk and do files

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Nathan Mates writes ...
> 
> In article <3553135D.B7E9B501@dl.ac.uk>, Tom Weston  <t.weston@dl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Where can I find files for an apple emulator that have .dsk or .do
> >extensions? The only files I can find have .shk extensions.
> 
>    Because the emulator authors pander mostly to pirates and thieves,


     No doubt Henrik, Andre, and the other guys at F.E.Systems who put
so much hard work into Bernie will appreciate being characterized as
'pandering to pirates and thieves'.
     


> they had their own disk format,

     Have. They _have_ their own format. (Asimov and Uni-kl.de continue
to make old games, game mods, utilities, etc. available in DSK form.)
And "they" are correctly referred to as "archive site users". Calling
them "pirates and thieves" makes them sound bad. Also, it makes emulator
authors sound like promoters of piracy.



> and refuse to support legal software
> distribution formats for Apple IIs.

     Quite a few of the files uploaded to archive sites are in .sdk and
.shk form.

     The reason the files are maintained in a compressed DSK form (i.e.
dsk.gz) is that DSK is a format employed by many emulators. Another
(less used) format is nib. Both DSK and nib are legal distribution
formats.



> Try a real Apple II-- they deal
> with .shk files great,

     Sound advice! The Real Thing is the way to go.



> and you don't have to worry about stealing
> software (something the pirates refuse to tell you that they're
> recommending)
 ....

     One should never trust pirates. It's lucky that we have so many
good archive sites.



Rubywand