Re: asimov decoding?

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On 16 Dec 1996 18:43:54 GMT, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

>   Asimov is Apple II unfriendly.
...
>Unpacking
>them on a regular Apple II is damn hard-- the emulator crowd wants to
>force you into getting another computer, and it doesn't have a 65xx as
>its guts.

Asimov, like the other FTP sites I've been in with my shell account,
will decompress .GZ files FOR YOU.  Just leave the ".GZ" off.  In this
example, I am retrieving Wizard's Workbench, a shareware Wizardry
editor:

get wizards_workbench.dsk

The filename in the directory is wizards_workbench.dsk.gz.  Voila!
Asimov sends me the desired 140K disk image.  There's a couple
programs for Apple //s with large (like, over 140K) storage devices
that convert .DSK files to regular disks, and back.  At least I think
so, I've never had to try it.  The images may also be compatible with
Copy ][+ 7.1.  For more info, drop by comp.emulators.apple2 :)
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