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