Re: Help me read a SuperText disk!

[trudel@UQTR.UQuebec.ca (Michel Trudel)]

Chris Nebel (c.nebel@deletethisbit.apple.com) wrote:
: This is a weird one, here.  I've got a SuperText data disk with an old
: project on it that I need to retrieve, but I lack SuperText itself.  At
: first I thought that I could dig through with a sector editor and
: reassemble it -- slow and painful, but possible.  However, it turns out
: that the disk is formatted in a truly twisted way.

: Get this: Apple II disks are soft-sectored, so what sectors are where is
: actually described in the track data.  This disk has 16 sectors per track,
: all right, but they're numbered not 0 to 15, but 0,2,4,6,8...30! 
: Naturally, my editor (Zap, from Beagle Brothers' "Bag of Tricks") won't
: let me ask for a sector numbered higher than 15, so I can only see half
: the disk.  This is bad.

: So, my request to all you other Apple II diehards out there:  Can someone
: send me either of the following:

: 1. A copy of SuperText.  This would obviously be the easiest for me. 
: (Yes, I know it's of questionable legality, but I really only need it to
: read this disk, and then I can throw it away.  It seems a reasonable
: thing.)

: 2. A sector editor that can read the wacko sector structure on this thing.

: If it makes a difference for how you send it, I'm using a Mac II LC with
: an Apple II card and (naturally) a 5.25" drive.  SuperText is/was by Muse,
: the fine folks that gave us the original Castle Wolfenstein.

: Oh, and could someone explain why in God's name the Muse programmers
: decided to (in essence) copy protect the data disks for A STINKING WORD
: PROCESSOR!

: Thanks,

: -Chris

: (P.S.: If you respond via mail, delete the obvious bit from my return
: address.  Sorry for the inconvenience, but I get spammed enough as it is.)