Re: GS/OS for xgs emulator?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <01bc2e89$b89e2360$c95092cf@system1>,
Dan Yertzell <Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Gus has the advantage of running on Macs, so it can read the goofy Apple //
>disk format.  I'm running xgs on a pentium pc, which will never be able to
>read apple disks.  

   Before you shove your foot any further up your mouth, would you
mind at least taking 5 minutes to understand what data formats things
are in, so you don't act so clueless in public?

   There are GS/OS 6.0.1 disks on Apple's FTP sites in formats that DO
NOT require Apple disks. Files in .BSQ archives are packed by Shrinkit
('nulib' compression)a publically available format, which can be
unpacked to an 800K file. I can download system 6.0.1 to my unix account,
and end up with 6 800K files. And that's without ever touching a
real Apple II. Therefore, your whole argument about PC vs Apple disks
is pointless and stupid.

   The major problem is that the emulator authors have chosen to shaft
the publically documented, universally accepted, and very useful Apple
II standard of transmitting files and disks-- .SHK files. They've gone
off on some mostly irrelevant tangent for disk images, which is real
Apple II unfriendly, stupid, and a waste of everyone's time. Your
problem lies with the emulators, NOT Apple, disk formats, or anything
else.


>So many problems could have been avoided if Apple had followed the standard
>for disk drives and formats, instead of going their own way.  

   No. Replace "Apple" with "Emulator authors" for something that
approaches reality. GUS apparently does a great job with the 6.0.1
install disks from Apple's ftp site, not because it's running on a
Mac, but because the authors cared about compatability.


>But anyways, I'm not some sort of wild-eyed, ahoy matey software pirate. 
>I'm just trying to get the stuff I need to make xgs useful.  

   You're just some misinformed wannabe pirate trying the wrong way to
make something useful. Tip: find the authors and hammer a clue into
them. Or write the necessary code yourself.

Nathan Mates
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