Re: suggestions for utility disk in Disk Copy image format

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shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) wrote:
>I'm talking a Disk Copy image, which is a Mac format for
>converting floppy disks into files. So it would necessarily be a whole disk.
>Unless it's a Stuffit archive or self-axtracting, it'll be a little over 800K
>regardless of the amount of space used on the disk.
>the impetus is to provide people an easy way to start from scratch on an
>Apple II while downloading software on a Mac. There is positively no need
>to set up yet another utility disk in Apple II format.

Why don't you email or call Apple and ask for a system software distribution
license for the Apple II series.  It is free and you would be avoiding the
"p" word.  But yes, it would be better to make it boot.  ProDOS is preferable,
with system utilities included to read DOS 3.3 diskettes.