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Re: Apple II version of Activision's H.E.R.O.
"PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >Everything should be in DSK or NIB format.
>
> Wrong. Emulators should be written to decode .SHK disks on the fly
> instead (if you're going to make statements like that).
Settle down. I didn't say they should be only or exclusively DSK or NIB.
It's good to see there are people out there who still love to spout those
same good old, much used, narrow minded arguments though.
> The ShrinkIt archival system had been around for years before anyone
> even thought about writing an Apple II emulator.
Are you sure ? Apple ][ emulators were first under discussion / development
as early as 1984/1985 - as documented in the Apple ][ section on my web
site. I don't remember ShrinkIt being around then.
And, I remember long before ShrinkIt came out - so, using your argument, why
don't we just say "Let's go back to pre-ShrinkIt" ?
>As soon as you limit
> libraries to DSK and NIB only, you start to really isolate people who
> want to have a complete Apple II experience.
>Its a lot easier to open
> a SHK file on an emulator than it is to open a DSK or NIB file on a
> real Apple II.
Well, my Apple ][c is dead now, and I dare say it wont be long before most
other people's Apple ][s start dying. So, what's the point of preserving
something outmoded and outdated like this. Even on a real Apple ][ SHK's
and SDK's are a pain to use.
> >I have wrestled with SHK files and SDK files since I started using Apple
2
> >emulators - way back in 1994 - and it is a rotten, cumbersome, nasty
format
> >that is a pain in to use / convert.
>
> 1) Copy the SHK file to a ProDOS volume containing ShrinkIt in your
> emulator
> 2) Run ShrinkIt and unpack the file
> 3) Run the program
Ermmm, this doesn't work in all cases of SHK and SDK.
All the best,
Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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