Re: Help! 5.25 disk "images" to 800k 3.5?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Slick wrote:
>
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> I think I minsunderstood the question. I thought that the person just
> wanted to copy files between real 3.5" disks and 5.25" disk images.
> AMDOS is also a good option. Most of the programs won't work this way,
> however.

     For sure, many will not.


> A better choice of places to go are the legal download sites
> with ShrinkIt archives. Many more of these programs will be under
> ProDOS, which uses 3.5" disks. ProDOS is the OS you want for your IIC.
>
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     A lot depends upon what you are looking for. Sites like Ground and
A2-Caltech maintain large game archives; but, they do not normally
maintain emulator disk images or ShrinkIt files of old out of print
commercial software.

     Miles may be looking for a fun oldie like Up n Down or Wavy Navy.
Two popular sites which maintain archives of such games are Asimov and
Uni-kl.de; and, the standard format is gz-compressed DSK (i.e. a disk
image of a 5.25" 'DOS 3.3' diskette which can be decompressed via
WinZIP).

     Basically, if a user wants to download and play out of print
commercial oldies, he/she can choose between using an Apple II emulator
or using a real Apple II with at least one 5.25" drive.



Rubywand