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Re: Many File Formats: do they bother you?

Subject: Re: Many File Formats: do they bother you?
From: kevin@hackaday.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:32:37 -0700 (PDT)
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On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:23:24 PM UTC-5, D Finnigan wrote:
> Another survey thread. There are a number of file formats for Apple II
> users: NuFile (ShrinkIt), Binscii, Blu, Executioner, .dsk, .po, .sdk,
> etc....
> 
> Do they cause you bother when you download files? That is, does it take you
> some time to convert the file into a different format for use with an
> emulator or for transferring to real hardware?
> 
> If so, how do you manage? Do you have a program that is convenient for you?
> 
> -- 
> ]DF$
> Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
> Macintosh computing.
> http://macgui.com/vault/

I pretty much dislike anything I cant download and transfer direct to disk via ADT, never even used shrinkit in my life, though I can understand its place in time.

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- Many File Formats: do they bother you?
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