Re: .shk to .dsk help

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <n5qZd.10934$cN6.5758@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
 BluPhoenyx <bluphoenyx-@-earthlink.dot.net> wrote:

> 8-Bit Classics wrote:
> > Ok, can the opposite be done?  I posted a message couple monthes back
> > and was recommended ordering ShrinkII v1.1 from syndicomm.  Just
> > received and found out that it doesn't work with DSK images.  So
> > pretty much I wasted $19.  It handles SHK files, but I have a bunch of
> > DSK images that I want to get back to an original Apple II/GS system
> > thru a LC575 and emulator board.
> 
> Here's the deal. Shrinkit is an Apple2 program and must be run on an 
> Apple or emulator. The P8 version will compress floppy disk images if 
> you run an emulator and use the .dsk image files on it. Choices may be 
> limited as to which emulator to use depending on the hardware you are 
> using. Personally, I prefer Apple Oasis which can deal with a variety of 
> image sizes. It can use an HD image as well which makes working with 
> image files easier.
> 
> Another possibility is CiderPress for manipulating disk image contents 
> (putting those .shk files in a .dsk image) but I've just started using 
> it so I'm not sure of all it's features.
> 
> Alternatively, make a simple cable and use ADT to transfer the files. 
> See the FAQ which was recently released. This info is in there.
> 
> FWIW, Shrinkit running on an Apple (or clone) is worth the fee. It's the 
> defacto archive application for the 8 bit Apple. Shrinkit GS works great 
> for GSOS files with forked file but it won't shrink a floppy image, AFAIK.
> 
> Hope I didn't leave out anything important here but I know the folks 
> here will fill in any thing I missed.

But 8-Bit Classic was talking about ShrinkII, which is a Mac program 
that deals with ShrinkIt archives.

I haven't played with ShrinkII that much, but I thought if you just went 
and put a disk image into an archive that ShrinkII would then save a 
ShrinkIt disk archive.  But I could be way, way wrong...

Otherwise, ShrinkIt for the Apple II and IIGS is freeware.  ShrinkIt GS 
won't compress a 5.25 disk as the 5.25 driver for GS/OS isn't capable of 
reading the volume number and that's often quite important on 5.25 disks.

Greg B.

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