Re: best format for distribution (SHK? DSK? ZIP?)

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

On 8/1/2010 12:10 AM, Ewen wrote:
> Ivan,
>
> > If I'm planning on distributing more of the Apple II software I've written
> > on my web page, what's considered to be the best format(s) for distribution
> > these days?
> > So, what's best? DSK? SDK? ZIP? SHK? 800K(PO)? Some combination of these?
> > Something else?
>
> I use BXY myself for distribution, as that as a SHK file with a BNY
> wrapper. This means the file type is not important at the receiving end,
> as it would be with a SHK file, and being an archive of files and
> folders, it does not matter what kind of disk the recipient wishes to
> upack to.

The file type of a .shk file is not very important.  ShrinkIt 8-bit
(don't know about 16-bit) has the option of Open-Apple-S to show all
files, regardless of type, and allow them to be opened as archives.
(The ShrinkIt archive, of course, contains all the filetype info on its
constituent files.)

-michael

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