Re: Apple II version of Activision's H.E.R.O.

[Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

in article 1117039664.781361.182760@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
aiiadict@gmail.com at aiiadict@gmail.com wrote on 5/25/05 12:47 PM:

>> CiderPress annoyed me off because I installed it, ran it, had no reason to
>> use it, so exited.  Then a few months later, I had a SHK to use, so I ran
>> CiderPress, got the "30 days Expired" message - so I still have not been
>> able to evaluate it or try it out, and I still have no idea how good it is.
> 
> I did the same thing.  I used it just a few times (2-5) and then it
> gave
> me the message "30 days up".  I was annoyed because I'd tried it
> so little during my 30 days.  I realized I was mad at my self because
> *I* didn't take advantage of the 30 days that Mr. M. gave me!
> 
> Fishwings won't always open up disk images I want to see, so I payed
> $9.95 to Andy McFadden and I am happy I did.
> 
> The software is full of features.  It is the ultimate disk image
> utility,
> and he's obviously spent hours programming it.
> 
> It works great to view source files in notepad/wordpad instead
> of 80col merlin editor.  You can also edit in windows, and
> drop the edited version back into the DSK image.
> 
> Rich
> 

Even on top of that. I can use my CF card reader to capture
my hard drive images from the CFFA and Microdrive drives, and
keep them for use on emulators. Especially useful on ActiveGS,
a Java based offline version of Kegs. I haven't tried yet, but
I'm sure I can connect an IDE drive to either of those cards
and load them up, then take them to the PC and use Ciderpress
to draw the ProDOS partitions from those, as well.

My biggest use for it lately has been to create 1440K images,
load them up and overwrite MS-DOS formatted disks with the
images which can be read on the Apple II using the superdrive.
Anyone with a superdrive controller will find this feature of
endless use. You can also read a 1.4 MB disk from the superdrive
into a disk image on the PC this way. It's a great program and
I will never let Andy forget that. Thanks again Andy for making
my Apple II experience the best it's ever been.

Bill Garber 
Email - Willy46pa@comcast.net