Re: SST (Saltine's Super Transcopy)

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Saint Isidore of Laytonville <cturley2@aol.comwompwomp> wrote:
>  3)  Compress the disk using Dalton's Disk Disintegrator (DDD), transfer
>      it via a telecom program to an Amiga, load it into Apple 2000,
>      save it with a .dsk extension.
> 
>  If you need more info on transfering disks, refer to the Apple FAQ.
[...]

>  9)   When the copying is done, transfer both sides of the data disk to
>       disk images using one of methods described earlier in this text.
>       Call the front of the disk FRONT.DSK and the back BACK.DSK
> 
>  10)  Load the disk image for SST into disk 1 of the emulator.
[... 11-27 ...]
>  28)  Insert the new .nib file in drive 1 of the emulator and reboot it
>       to see if it works.


I'm going to slip into "shameless plug" mode and point out that CiderPress
can (a) read DDD disks (no Amiga required) and (b) can handle the entire
SST image reassembly without needing to run/reboot emulators.  Saves a lot
of annoyance if you're going to use SST on more than one or two disks.

If you do choose to use DDD, make sure you use DDD v2.1 or later.  One of
the SST disk images that was floating around has v2.0 on it, which has
a bug that can screw up the end of the image.

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