Re: "Packed disk" format...

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

Andy McFadden wrote:
> Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:
>
> > DDD created files with that sort of name; the number is the length in
> > sectors.  If so, they should open with CiderPress.
>
>
> Forgot to mention: double-clicking on the file will just open it in the
> file viewer, so you need to right-click on the file and select "Open
> as disk image".
>
> Doing the actual conversion is a little more round-about: there's no direct
> way to convert a disk image stored on a disk image to something else.  You
> have to extract the file in "preserve Apple II" mode, and open it directly
> with CiderPress.  (If you rename it to "foo.ddd" it'll show up in the file
> selection dialog.)

Thanks, Andy--that did the trick!

I had mentally put DDD in the same category as SST, and so didn't think
of it out of the .nib context.  ;-)

-michael

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