Re: Converting .nib images to .dsk images

[email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com (Simon Williams)]

Simon Williams <email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> wrote:

> Matthew Clark <clarkbhm@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > "Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net>
> > wrote in message news:Arcmd.16336$jE2.320@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a copy of Eamon adventure 249, which is only available as a .nib
> > > image.  I have no idea why.  I want to convert it to .dsk.  I have a DOS
> > > program, emu2em, for converting from .nib to .dsk.  However, this program
> > > locks up my system when run from either a DOS box under Windows or from
> > > pure
> > > DOS without Windows loaded.  Are there any other programs for converting
> > > between the two filetypes.  DOS, Windows or Linux programs are good.
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > The reason that it's in a .nib format instead of a .dsk format is that it
> > was written on Catakig. According to Catakig's creator, "Catakig can read
> > DSK, PO, and NIB disks, but it has its own native format which it prefers,
> > and which it uses for both reading and writing floppy disk images. This
> > format is a gzip-compressed NIB format, which provides the versatility of
> > that format but yields a smaller file size, smaller even than DSK."
> > 
> > For my purposes of distribution, it was easiest to just un-gzip the program
> > and post the NIB format on Eamon Adventurer's Guild website and at 
> > IFarchive.org. If you are able to convert it to a DSK format, please send me
> > a copy so that I can update the website! Thanks!
> 
> Catakig only uses the gzipped NIB format for 140K disk images. What I've
> done in the past is to create a ProDOS hard drive image and use Shrinkit
> to make SDK archives of Catakig disk images. You can then mount the hard
> drive image on the Mac desktop and copy the Shrinkit archives to
> whatever medium you choose.
> It's been a few years since I needed to do this, but I believe I created
> the ProDOS HDV image with Apple's Disk Copy.
> 
> Hope that helps.

And since Berbie ][ the Rescue can also mount the ProDOS HDV image, you
can also use Asimov to make DSK's is that's the end goal.

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