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Re: Apple II version of Activision's H.E.R.O.
"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message
news:YMele.2146$W51.15714@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Mike OMalley <m.SPAMNOomalleyNOSPAM@cqu.edu.auspammenot> wrote:
> >> 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"
>
> Interesting. Other people have tried it and failed. For example:
Some of the people are using as ][GS, which I can't comment on - I've never
used a real ][GS.
All of my transfers have been done on an old Apple ][c.
In the 3rd link you mentioned, Michael J. Mahon said :
>I expect that SST doesn't verify that the rotational speed of the target
>disk will allow it to actually hold 6656 nibbles, and therefore overwrites
>part of the track on a fast drive.
>
>If that's the case, then setting a drive a little slow ought to make it
>work...
Maybe my ][c's drive(s) are a little slow.
Or, maybe I just got lucky / managed to avoid the "difficult disks" - MM3
seems to be a bugger, and I seem to recall other people posting about
problems with this years ago - but I can't remember if this was SST related
or not.
All the best,
Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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