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Re: Apple II version of Activision's H.E.R.O.
"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message
news:3Pale.2124$W51.15526@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Mike OMalley <m.SPAMNOomalleyNOSPAM@cqu.edu.auspammenot> wrote:
> > What about getting the SHKs / SDKs onto a real Apple ][ ?? Null modem
> > cables, ADT, a working Apple 2, some spare desk space, etc are all
required.
> > So, like I said to work with SDKs and SHK's on a real Apple 2 can be a
real
> > pain.
>
> I don't understand why a .DSK or .NIB is better here. .NIB files can't
> be converted back for use on a real Apple II,
Oh yes they can. I have transferred dozens of NIB back to Apple 2 disks.
All you do is use SST in reverse. See the instructions on Asimov in the
file "ADT_SST_Copy_][+_DDD_BCopy_Locksmith_Autonum_Renum__Mooses_Disk.txt"
> I don't understand this part. Shrinkit archives hold ProDOS files or
> disk images. They don't hold DOS 3.3 files. If you have a DOS 3.3 disk,
> you have to make a disk image. There is no ambiguity.
What ? I respect your work Andy, but this simply isn't true at all.
ShrinkIt can be run / used / applied to DOS disks and DOS files. ShrinkIt
for DOS was rare, but it did exist. The ProDOS version was much more
common. Even Asimov contains a DOS disk that has ShrinkIt on it.
Over the years I have seen numerous reports and lamentations here on this
newsgroup from people who have had nightmares with extracting DOS / ProDOS
SHK archives on the the wrong type of disk / OS.
> My current medium of choice is 20MB ProDOS hard drive images, because I
> can shift them between CF cards, hard drives, and flopticals (though the
> latter are starting to fail), and they'll boot up in KEGS.
That sounds awesome - everything all neatly in one place and no more
swapping disks or messing around.
All the best,
Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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