Re: Apple II software in a .2mg image format and a 68k Mac

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com> wrote in message t4qdnSBpOrBolmLWnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@giganews.com">news:t4qdnSBpOrBolmLWnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> "madmax2069" <madmax_2069@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote 
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> > > > madmax2069 <madmax_2069@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> 
> > wrote:
> > > > i do have a few tools that will work with .2mg files 
> > > > (ciderpress) and can convert them. i wonder what format 
> > > > (that ciderpress can convert to) would be best. 
> > > > 
> > > Andy McFadden wrote:
> > > 
> > > CiderPress can convert to the DiskCopy 4.2 format. 
> > > Sounds like you might be able to use that directly 
> > > on the Mac (assuming all the fun stuff with file 
> > > types and resource forks works out). 
> > > 
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> > We are talking about a old 68k Mac running OS 7.6.1, not a PPC Mac or 
> > intel Mac running OS X, ciderpress for Mac requires OS X (Thats a bit 
> > of a tall order for a 68k). 
> >
> > I did find out why the .sdk files wasn't working in GSOS though. all 
> > it took was a program called Prodosifier to fix most .sdk file type. 
> >
> > i was able to download Revenge Of The Bobs in sdk form, put it on the 
> > disk and used ProDosifier to fix its file type. and used shrinkit in 
> > GSOS to make a disk. 
> >
> > But that don't help me with .2mg files. Even if i was to convert the 
> > image using ciderpress to a diskcopy 4.2 file, i still have to 
> > compress it to keep it from getting corrupt when i upload it to a 
> > http file host. 
> >
> > I use a http file host so that i can download it with the Performa 
> > 475. I have tried many times and the file (if i don't compress it) 
> > is unusable. when i do use winzip to compress it i have no way on 
> > the 68k Mac to unzip the file. like i said maybe its because the 
> > version of winzip i use on my PC is too new for the Mac to unzip 
> > (using stuffit expander, or Maczip) and tried winrar with macrar 
> > and it would not detect it as a rar file. 
>
> I'm confused. Doesn't the Performa 475 have a 1.44MB floppy drive? 
> And, if so, can't you create a 1440K ProDOS image, copy your 801K SDK 
> image to it, then write that to a 1.44MB disk to read in the Performa? 
>
> Just a thought. That would be easier than uploading them and then 
> downloading them again. 

Yes, I see that error. I was going to say 2MG, then changed it to SDK. 
The SDK images can be smaller and may be able to fit more than one. 8^) 

Bill