Re: Image Conversion

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <36B1ADFF.39B1B0F4@SPAMbGONE.ix.netcom.com>,
wraustin@SPAMbGONE.ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Ha!  The //e Card's manual makes it clear as <insert favorite opaque
object here>.
> "You can use two types of Apple IIe floppy disk drives with the
Macintosh LC--the
> _gray_ Apple 5.25 Drive and the _white_ UniDisk 3.5 Drive.  Earlier
Apple II disk
> drives--the Disk II, UniDisk 5.25, and DuoDisk drives, for
instance--_cannot_ be
> used with the Macintosh L."
Yes, but the IIgs-style 3.5's work with the MacOS as well, if you happen
to have a floppy port on the back. Dunno why they didn't put it in the
book, but, I'd swear I've used one of my 3.5s with it...I guess I could be
mistaken...
 
> I have yet another problem.  I've downloaded some freeware from the
asimov site.
> They come in DOS 3.3 disk image format.  Using the XGS converter, I
changed one to
> the 2IMG format (XGS & Bernie), then to a DiskCopy ProDOS image.  I was so
> happy--until I tried to mount the image.   DiskCopy can do it, but the
OS cannot
> understand a 140k volume.  I wonder if there is any way to convert these
floppy
> images to 800k ProDOS ones?
Heh. You can't make 140k (5.25) images into Diskcopy images. XGS dutifully
translates the file but it is nonsense, a media which 'doesn't exist'. You
would be better off translating into .dsk, which can be read back to a
5.25 on your LC using DSK2FILE, or using bernie to get at the files and
copy them onto another disk, although, actually, that wouldn't work
either.
Just get DSK2FILE, put it on your ProDOS disk along with as many .dsk
files as you want, and then turn them back into 5.25 disks. Although,
easier said that done, I've done it with some stuff...