Re: IIe .dsk, .do, .po, .nib images

[sundown@nwrain.net]

On Apr 16, 11:19 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 1:49 am, sund...@nwrain.net wrote:> That is a lot of info.  Thanks for taking the time to provide it.
>
> Sure.  You asked a very open-ended question, so it needed an open-
> ended answer. :-)
>
> > I haven't totaly researched all of the options you provided yet but it
> > looks like Asimov will do the job.  Asimov in its documentation said
> > it will not work with Bernie ][ the Rescue or Sweet 16
>
> Hmmm.  I wonder why not?  But then that's not the direction you said
> you wanted to go - your question was about taking real floppies and
> making images of them.  So you'd be running Asimov on the real
> hardware.
>
> > but I also have a IIGS and a CF card.
>
> Ok, then that's probably where you want to be making your images.
>
> > I have ImageMaker for the IIGS which will make .2mg images but I
> > was interested in making .dsk images etc. out of my IIe 5.25 disks.
> > I can transfer the image to the mac after it is made.
>
> > Asimov mentioned it does not support .nib image conversion.  What
> > is the best program to make a .nib image of a 5.25 disk.
>
> I only know of Saltine's Super Transcopy (SST:http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Docs/SaltinesSuperTranscopyDocs.txt).
> But .nib images are only slightly better than .dsk at transporting
> some limited forms of copy protection.  Is there some particular
> reason you want to go for .nib?
>
> > As I have said I have not tried all of the options you mentioned.
> > Does
> > ADTPro actually make the image too or is this only used to transfer.
>
> It transports the data to the host computer which actually builds the
> image file.  That way you don't need a mass storage device on the
> Apple end.
>
> > My monitor on my original IIe doesn't work so I am using an LCIII with
> > a IIe card.  This might be a better solution if I can transfer the
> > 5.25 disk
> > to the proper image on the IIe and save it to disk without
> > transferring it.
> > Then I can put it on a Mac disk.
>
> Why not just hook your IIe up to a TV or VCR with the video connector?
>
> > But that leads me back to what prgram will work on the IIe to make
> > .nib images of my 5.25 disk.  I can transfer the image to the Mac if
> > I get the 5.25 disk saved to the proper image.
>
> SST.  But again, why .nib?

The reason why . nib?  I have no reason.  I am just learning about
different forms of disk images and how to make them.  I read the
.nib would work better with copy protected software so I was going
to learn it too.  Even though just about all of the software has been
transferred already and available on line.  I was just preparing for
the unexpected at the same time.

As far as hooking up my tv.  I was just too lazy to move it back
and forth, I had my LCIII out and thought I would use it.

After reading your last post I think I will get the right equipment to
hook up a serial connection on my Mac USB port to my IIe.  The
IIe card allows a emulated serial card so that might be the way to
go.  If that doesn't work I will hook it to my original IIe.  In fact
I
have or at least one time had a transfer program with cables for
the IIe and Mac that was called MacTransfer.  Do you know if it
will work properly for the transfers or have you heard of problems
using it.  I know it does not work with the USB port but that isn't
a problem.

In the meantime I will also mess around with Asimov on the IIGS.

thanks,
-=>JB<=-