Re: What do I use to unpack "89RAMIS/8/1/88<143>#E613"

["Barry Davis" <bdavis1943@hotmail.com>]

Thanks Andy,
I did not find DDD on a disk image, but I did find it as ddd.packer.dos.exe.
The version is 2.5, at least that is what the Bsave says in the file itself.
I download it and transferred it to the Apple //e with Cross-works.  In
looking at the file contents, I am almost positive it is a Executioner file.
When I "exec ddd.packer.dos.exe" in DOS I just got a series of slashes down
the screen with a series of beeps at each line.  There is something in the
file that it doesn't like.  I only have the files I am trying to unpack on 5
1/4 inch Apple disks.  Have you any thoughts.  Thanks for your help.  Barry

"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message
news:MQr4b.17065$dk4.556060@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Barry Davis <bdavis1943@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > About 15 years ago I had an enhanced 128K //e.  I packed most of my data
> > files before I sold my machine and moved on to an IBM.  The program I
used
> > would append to the name an example like the following:
/8/1/88<143>#E613.
> > When I do a catalog, I get the following for example"B 143
> > 89RAMIS/8/1/88<143>#E613."   On one of the disks, I penciled in "Packed
with
> > dd 2.5."  I am now back in the Apple II business for old time sake and
> > trying to revive my files.  Does anyone know what this is packed with
and
> > where I could find the program to unpack it?  Thanks for any help.
Barry
>
>
> Sounds like a later version of DDD.  The "<143>" is the number of 256-byte
> chunks, and the "#E613" is a checksum that later versions added.
>
> If you have it on a disk image on your PC, CiderPress should be able to
> unpack it.  Alternatively, find a copy of DDD on a disk image and run it
> in an Apple II emulator.  If it's on a physical floppy in a real Apple II,
> convert the DDD disk image to a real floppy and use that.
>
> Make sure you use DDD v2.1 or later; v2.0 had a bug.  Whatever you do,
> DO NOT copy the DDD file off of the DOS 3.3 disk it's on.  The file is
> stored in a slightly non-standard way, owing largely to the 64K length
> limit of DOS 'B' files, and it'll get screwed up if you try to extract
> it or move it to ProDOS.
>
> CiderPress: http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/
>
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