Re: 5.25 drive emulator

[stu1222@alpha.wright.edu (General Unix Accounts)]

In article <2re2ka$blr@gap.cco.caltech.edu> nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>In article <Cq0H6J.6Mn@mercury.wright.edu>,
>General Unix Accounts <stu1222@alpha.wright.edu> wrote:
>>Ok, this is really getting on my nerves.  STM can do Apple II disk images
>>on a mac and do a complete emulation.  Why cant anyone out there write a
>>5.25 disk emulator for the GS?  This way we can store and run those
>>classic 4,6,8, and 12 sided games off of a Hard Drive.  Also, those 5.25's
>>that are sitting there in the dust are slowly demagnetizing themselves over
>>time.
>
>   There already is such a thing. It's called "Dos 3.3 Launcher", and
>the latest version is 2.1. It allows a lot of old Dos 3.3 games that
>fit in 48K of memory and don't use on-disk copy-protection to be
>dropped on a HD.... Check your local ftp site; cco.caltech.edu has it
>in pub/apple2/uploads/dos3.launch.shk.

But can this emulator do disk images of non dos 3.3 formats?  i.e. most
games from the '80s.  Stuff like the Ultima's, Bards Tale's, Wizardry's,
Sierra games, etc.  You can do these with STM.  Can you also do 12 sides
with dos 3.3 launcher?  I thought it could only do 2?

				Paul Zaleski