Re: Disk images

[Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com>]

On Aug 16, 7:41 am, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Sheppy" <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 16, 1:24 am, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 15, 11:40 pm, Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I've just added a page to Syndicomm's web site offering downloads of
> > > some of the system software I'm licensed to distribute. More
> > > helpfully, I've included some 32 MB hard disk images designed for use
> > > with Apple IIgs emulators.
>
> > > Even more helpfully than that, a couple of the hard disk images are
> > > custom-configured for Sweet16, complete with the custom drivers pre-
> > > installed and the network settings configured.
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> > > That download page is here:
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> > >http://www.syndicomm.com/apple2/systemsoftware/index.html
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> > > Eric Shepherd
> > > Owner
> > > Syndicommhttp://www.syndicomm.com/
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> > Sheppy,
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> > Thanks for the link! One problem I noticed, When I clicked on the .2mg
> > file to download it, specifically Boot Disk for Sweet16.2mg, Safari
> > tried to open it like a page and when I right clicked and told it
> > Download Linked File it added .txt to the end of the file name. I
> > switched over to Firefox 3 and it downloaded it without any trouble.
>
> Interesting.  I'll see if I have the appropriate access to update the
> MIME settings for the server; I don't think that I do, though.
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> However, if you simply remove the ".txt" from the end of the filename
> it will work.  Glad the download worked fine for you in Firefox!
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> Eric Shepherd
> Owner
> Syndicommhttp://www.syndicomm.com/
>
> Also, '.img' images are Macintosh specific, are they not?
> Lots of people can't use that imaging method.

.img is DiskCopy 4.2 format.  Most emulators that I'm familiar with
support that format.

Eric Shepherd
Owner
Syndicomm
http://www.syndicomm.com/