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

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

madmax2069 wrote:
>  > > 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.

The 8-bit ShrinkIt has an option to open *any* file type--just press
Open Apple-A IIRC, and you can choose any file.  ShrinkIt doesn't really
care about the file type of an archive file.

> 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.

*If* you could run CiderPress, or open the file in an emulator, you
could save it as a .shk file.

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-michael

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