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Re: Can't use my //e because I can't get any software for it
- Subject: Re: Can't use my //e because I can't get any software for it
- From: "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:10:25 -0700
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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- References: <ivbeiv4l3u5qtn59dkj4q243af9eu8s9b6@4ax.com> <yeJVa.6556$dk4.308237@typhoon.sonic.net>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:33422
Cool! This is FAQ material.
-Paul
"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote
>
> On http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/tutorial/ you can find a sample
> disk image in 3.5" format that boots into ProDOS 8. CiderPress can
convert
> it to DiskCopy format, which you can write to a single-density 3.5"
> disk (the standard double-density disks will work, but may not work for
> long if you write a lot).
>
> CiderPress can convert ProDOS 5.25" disk images to 3.5" format. Convert
> the contents to a file archive, and then convert that back to an 800K disk
> image. Convert the .PO image that results to DiskCopy format. (Come
> to think of it, most DiskCopy 6 images are exactly the same as .PO, so
> you may just be able to rename it to ".dc6" and have it work.)
>
> As someone else pointed out, none of this will do you much good unless
> you have a 3.5" drive for your //e.
>
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