Re: best format for distribution (SHK? DSK? ZIP?)

[spectrumdaddy@nospam.com (Ewen)]

Ivan,

> If I'm planning on distributing more of the Apple II software I've written
> on my web page, what's considered to be the best format(s) for distribution
> these days?
> So, what's best? DSK? SDK? ZIP? SHK? 800K(PO)? Some combination of these?
> Something else?

I use BXY myself for distribution, as that as a SHK file with a BNY
wrapper. This means the file type is not important at the receiving end,
as it would be with a SHK file, and being an archive of files and
folders, it does not matter what kind of disk the recipient wishes to
upack to.

I would find it many more steps to unpack a disk image so dislike those.
I can't handle ZIP files within the emulators, but could of course
handle a ZIP file on my host computer. There is not much point, in that
as a SHK/BXY file is already compressed.

Cheers - Ewen