Re: Alternative to DISK2FDI ?

["Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net>]

"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message 
news:4a2df108$0$1613$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Charlie <charlieDOTd@vereyezon.net> wrote:
>> Also, Disk2fdi will *not* normally read copy protected disks unless 
>> you
>> are creating an fdi. When creating an fdi (formatted disk image)
>> disk2fdi will read just about anything.  The trouble with the fdi is
>> there are no Apple emulators that support them so I'm guessing you
>> aren't doing that.
>
> FDI images aren't what you'd call "read-write". :-)

I thought there was a non-Apple II emulator that supports FDIs?
I do understand that there is a fairly large amount of coding/decoding 
with FDIs so it's not a trivial (or fast) thing for an emulator to do. 
Still...

> It's a great way to
> capture a disk image for conversion to something easier to deal with,
> such as .nib or trackstar .app for mildly protected images.
>

Yes, but it would be great if we could make images of the "more than 
mildly" protected disks and then be able to run them on an emulator.

Charlie