Re: Extracting files from .dsk image

["Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAMS.com>]

"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote

> > Is it possible to extract copies of single files from a .dsk image file?
Is
> > there a program for either Windows or Linux that will make that
possible?
>
> CiderPress (Windows, shareware)
>
> FishWings (Windows, freeware)
>
> Apple Commander (Java, freeware)
>
> a2fid.c (any, freeware, build it yourself)
>
> Google the above to find download sites.

I tried Fishwings but it won't work on CP/M formats. Apple Commander works
well, but now I've run into a different problem.

I have a bunch of Basis 108 user group disks that won't run on a standard
Apple IIe. The disks have a menu system -I'm not sure which one- which
appears to modify the format of each file. For example, a file called
readme.txt is changed to something like readme.tqt. When you load the disk
on a Basis 108, the menu system uncompresses(?) the files and allows them to
be run normally.

Is there a way to convert those files back to their original format so that
I can read them without dragging my Basis out of storage? In particular,
there are a bunch of newsletters and other documents that I would like to
extract to regular text files so that I can load them on my website.

Thanks.

Ernest