Re: Dark Crystal and Time Zone

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

TomCh wrote:
> On Jan 21, 10:17 pm, sicklittlemonkey <nick.westg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 22, 9:45 am, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > store the volume numbers in the file name
> >
> > This is actually a reasonable solution by itself if the emulator (etc)
> > checks for it. I added that to AppleIIGo and if we add it to AppleWin
> > it might become more commonly accepted, getting rid of those NIBs that
> > can be DSKs instead.
> >
> > IIRC the idea was originally suggested by Rubywand.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nick.
>
>
> Or just use the established .2mg format (which AppleWin has supported
> the past year).

True, but that's pushing on a rope.  Much easier to rename a .dsk
image.  ;-)

Now if there were widespread support for .2mg, or a utility for
converting a .nib to a "volumized" .2mg, it might get more popular.

-michael

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