Re: it's a FAQ I know, but IIc 5.25" -> anything?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <hjbIe.7329$p%3.33983@typhoon.sonic.net>,
Andy McFadden  <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:
> Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>> Yes, the Apple II low-level format is incompatible with standard
>> MFM disk controllers.  But this utility (which btw runs only under
>> plain MS-DOS -- no Windows!) still manages to read Apple II
>> floppy disks into .DSK format file images on a PC.  It can only
>> read the floppies though, not write to them.  And I suppose the
>> Apple II floppy disk cannot be copy protected, it must be "open".
> 
> The .FDI output is actually a bit more rigorous than .NIB when it
> comes to copy-protected disks.  For example, you can tell the difference
> between 9-bit and 10-bit self-sync bytes, and it might be possible to
> handle track synchronization with the index marker.
> 
> Of course, no Apple II emulators support .FDI directly, so it's not
> really possible to take advantage of this.  The closest format to it
> is .APP, which supports variable-length nibblized track data.

The trial version of DISK2FDI does not support .FDI creation.  It
can generate .DO files though, plus some other image formats relevant
to non-AppleII-computers.  See  http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/trial.html

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