Re: Nibble Images ...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" writes ...
> 
> Rubywand wrote:
> 
 ....

> >So, creating a .nib
> >with SST involves a transfer and combining process such as described by
> >Andy.
> >
> >If you are not set up for transferring the disks SST creates via ADT or
> >some other NULL modem connection, you might save some bother using 
> >DISK2FDI to read the diskettes on your PC:
> 
> I thought that DISK2FDI produced ordinary 143KB image files, 
> not .nib files.

     Yes. 
 
> I would expect that it couldn't read a copy-protected Apple diskette.

     Me, too. The idea is to transfer the diskettes produced by SST. Those
diskettes are not copy-protected.

> 
> This limitation, assuming I'm correct, is not a hardware limitation but
> a limitation of the software that converts the data read into an image.
> There is no reason in principle why it could not also create .nib files

 ....

     If we are talking about .nib's of unprotected diskettes, that would be a
nice feature-- i.e. we'd have a simpler way to transfer unprotected diskettes
while preserving Volume Number.

     Handling some protected A2 disks is probably doable, too. The ultimate
upgrade would be an interface which would permit emus to use a PC 5.25" drive
as though it were a Disk II!



Rubywand