Re: Extracting files from .dsk image

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Ernest <leucoplast@seanet.nospams.com> wrote:
> 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.

A 'q' often referred to SQueeze compression, which was incorporated into
BLU (Binary ][ Library Utility).

If you send a file to me I can poke at it.  You can also try a quick test:
add it to a Binary ][ archive with BLU, then immediately extract it.
(Assuming you have BLU -- it became a bit more rare once ShrinkIt showed up.)

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