Re: How do I extract .dsk image files???

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

ToasterKing (toastjuice@aol.com) wrote:
: Call me stupid, but I can't figure out how to extract some .dsk image
: files I got off the net somewhere.
: When I got them they were gzipped, and after I FINALLY got them ungzipped
: using that stupid little MacGZip program, I couldn't figure out what to
: do with them.

BTW, Asimov has run-time decompression. Just type get *.dsk instead of
*.dsk.gz and you will receive a 'gunzipped' disk image.

: They are .dsk files, which are dust sector-by-sector dumps of 5.25"
: floppies.  Sounds simple, doesn't it?  I thought I could do it the modern
: way using ShrinkIt GS, but it won't recognize them.  I fiddled around
: with them a little in ProDOS BASIC, but still can't figure out how the
: disks were put into that form.

Use DSK2FILE (8bit) or Asimov (gs) to move *.dsk images back to 5.25"
Both programs can be found in the archivers section of ftp.uni-kl.de

Most of the stuff on Asimov are images of copyrighted programs and thus
more or less worthless without manuals. Check comp.sys.apple2.marketplace
where you may still find packaged originals with manuals.

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