Re: SHK -> DSK on a PC - problems with DSK_CAT, etc

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

Mike wrote:

> I have been attempting to restore some SHK files back onto a blank DOS
> 3.3 DSK, and am a bit stuck :
>
> On my Pentium 100 and 486, the MS-DOS executable DISK_CAT causes GPF's
> (if run from a DOS box under Windows), or if I boot directly into dos
> and run it from there, it locks up the entire PC (so that a hard reset
> is required).  No output is put on the screen - just lockup or crash.
>
> Also, when I run DSK_OUT or DSK_IN - for even a program like HELLO or a
> simple TEXT file, I get either an empty file, or a file with a few bytes
> of garbage in it, or else something that looks like a memory dump - not
> a file dump.
>
> I have tried a variety of DSK's and files and had no luck.
>
> Does anybody use these programs successfully ?
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> I have tried Apple Oasis, but it is all so complex, and I haven't been
> able to find anywhere in the help files how to get files in and out of
> disks.  I have read all about S-Link, etc, but can't find anything on
> transferring files in and out of DSKs.
>
> I wish that the file in / file out functions on AppleWin was working.
> Click an icon, transfer and convert a file - what a lovely thing it
> would be !
>
> If worst comes to worst, I will KERMIT the SHK's straight over to my ][c
> and run UNSHRINK from there, and then ADT the final disk back to my PC.
>
> Mike O'Malley

With Apple Oasis you have to use the disk manager. It is quit easy to move
files in and out of disks with that. Unfortunately the unregistered version

only moves files so make a backup. You will have to have a blank DSK to
work with or create on in the Disk manager and format it in the emulator.

I still use this program for removing files even though I spend most of
my time in Linux.

Phoenyx

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