Re: Converting .nib images to .dsk images

["Matthew Clark" <clarkbhm@hotmail.com>]

"Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net> 
wrote in message news:Arcmd.16336$jE2.320@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> Hi,
> I have a copy of Eamon adventure 249, which is only available as a .nib
> image.  I have no idea why.  I want to convert it to .dsk.  I have a DOS
> program, emu2em, for converting from .nib to .dsk.  However, this program
> locks up my system when run from either a DOS box under Windows or from 
> pure
> DOS without Windows loaded.  Are there any other programs for converting
> between the two filetypes.  DOS, Windows or Linux programs are good.
> Thanks.

The reason that it's in a .nib format instead of a .dsk format is that it 
was written on Catakig. According to Catakig's creator, "Catakig can read 
DSK, PO, and NIB disks, but it has its own native format which it prefers, 
and which it uses for both reading and writing floppy disk images. This 
format is a gzip-compressed NIB format, which provides the versatility of 
that format but yields a smaller file size, smaller even than DSK."

For my purposes of distribution, it was easiest to just un-gzip the program 
and post the NIB format on Eamon Adventurer's Guild website and at 
IFarchive.org. If you are able to convert it to a DSK format, please send me 
a copy so that I can update the website! Thanks!

Regards,
Matthew Clark

PS: I've cross-posted this message to alt.games.eamon for obvious reasons...