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

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: >Everything should be in DSK or NIB format.
:
: Wrong.  Emulators should be written to decode .SHK disks on the fly
: instead (if you're going to make statements like that).
:
: The ShrinkIt archival system had been around for years before anyone
: even thought about writing an Apple II emulator.  Its the definitive
: standard for the compression and archival of disks, volumes, and
: individual files for use on >REAL< Apple II's.  As soon as you limit
: libraries to DSK and NIB only, you start to really isolate people who
: want to have a complete Apple II experience.  Its a lot easier to open
: a SHK file on an emulator than it is to open a DSK or NIB file on a
: real Apple II.
:
: >I have wrestled with SHK files and SDK files since I started using Apple
2
: >emulators - way back in 1994 - and it is a rotten, cumbersome, nasty
format
: >that is a pain in to use / convert.
:
: 1) Copy the SHK file to a ProDOS volume containing ShrinkIt in your
: emulator
: 2) Run ShrinkIt and unpack the file
: 3) Run the program

Better still, spring for the $8.95 to get Ciderpress
and convert the SHK files to DSK images and stop your
whining.

Apple II Forever, Apple II Together
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez
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