Re: Vulcan based SSD Apple II/gs

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Jun 6, 11:27 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Another thought:  Since modern media is >>larger than typically needed for
> 8-bit computing environments, why not simply ignore the top 8 bits and accept
> the loss of half the drive capacity?  The only downside I see is that it
> prevents "sneaker net" portability between Mac and/or PC hosts and the Apple.
> This too could be worked around with a custom utility of some sort, but would
> be a hassle.

Not a big hassle on a Mac (or any other system with a Bourne
compatible shell):

while read -n 2 char ; do echo ${char:0:1} ; done < old.img > new.img

Matt