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Re: Disk images-- ShrinkIt .sdk on dsk's

>      It is unfortunate that the original choice of the suffix for A2 emu
disk image
> does not promote recognition of disk order. The ending ".dsk" conveys
the idea of
> "disk image", not "DOS 3.3 disk image". The ending ".po" looks like a
subset of
> ".dsk" rather than an equal-level category.

There was a .do ending, as well as .po and .dsk.

.dsk might have meant either ProDOS order or DOS order, while .do and .po
were more specific.

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