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Re: DSK Images on a PC
- Subject: Re: DSK Images on a PC
- From: Ron Kneusel <rkneusel@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: 1996/09/03
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, General Internal Medicine
- References: <500fmv$jh2@news.sas.ab.ca> <501bo5$2mt@usenet11.interramp.com> <504rue$orh@news.bconnex.net> <506mmj$kjl@usenet4.interramp.com>
> jefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:
>
> >I noticed this one of a post before and it's a nit picking little
> >thing but, the second program you listed is called DSK2FILE (note no
> >"I" in DSK). I believe it is called this because it deals with .DSK
> >files.
That and DSK2FILE fits MS-DOS filename format. Early versions were
sent out as a .zip file of the text for the BASIC source. Now it is
distributed as a ShrinkIt archive.
> >DSK2FILE requires a disk drive attached to your Apple II that is
> >capable of holding MORE than a 5.25" drive can.
Versions 3.0 and up of DSK2FILE only require 2 5.25" drives. You do not
need a hard drive or a 3.5" drive.
Get the newest version, 4.2f, from here:
http://keaggy.intmed.mcw.edu/dsk2file.html
- Ron