Re: SwyftWare

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Steven N. Hirsch wrote:

>Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
>> J.P. wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey--
>>> Does anyone have (or is capable of getting) a disk image of SwyftWare?
>>>  I'd love to play with it, but I don't have it.  I asked Jef Raskin;
>>> he has the disks lying around, but doesn't have the time (or possibly
>>> an Apple II) lying around to copy them with.  Thanks.
>> 
>> 
>> Is that the software which shipped with the Swyftcard?  If so, I have it 
>> in my archives.
>> 
>
>I found the disk.  That's the good news.  The bad news is that only the 
>reverse side, "SwyftCard ProDOS Converter" is readable (at least by 
>Shrinkit).  The front side, "SwyftCard Tutorial", cannot be read by 
>anything I've tried.  It's either damaged or not in the same low-level 
>GCR format as Apple II diskettes.
>
>I'd be glad to send the image of the ProDOS converter to anyone 
>contacting me privately.

Steve, I'd like to have an image of the converter.

The Tutorial side of the disk is, as Paul points out, in Swyftcard
format, which is a 4+4 format.  The ProDOS converter may be
able to convert it to ProDOS files.

-michael

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