Re: shk to dsk?

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Sure:  there's no problem when the archive contains a disk image to begin
with SDK archive.  But that wasn't the question I was asking.

When the SHK contains only files and no disk image, there is no one step
method to get to a DSK image containing those files.  This would be useful.

The tip about copying the SHK into a DSK image and then using ShrinkIt from
the emulator is excellent.  Thanks!

Frank

"Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 13:00:37 GMT, "Frank Townsend"
> <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
>
> >Is there anyway to convert a SHK archive directly to a DSK image on a PC?
>
> Not that I'm aware of.  There really isn't a need.  If the SHK file
> contains a shrunk disk image (and in this case the file extension is
> usually SDK) then you can use Nulib2 to unpack it to a raw disk image
> which you can usually just rename to have a DSK, DO or PO extension (I
> can't remember whether Nulib2 supports unpacking to both DOS 3.3 and
> ProDOS order images or not, though).  If you need to you can use other
> utilities to convert the raw image into the correct type that you
> need.
>
> >I have been dearchiving the files with Nulib2 and then importing them
into a
> >blank DSK image using Fishwings.  I wasn't sure, however, if there were a
> >more direct method.
>
> You'd be better off using Fishwings to simply copy the SHK file onto
> disk images and then using ShrinkIt or GSHK (if you are running a IIgs
> emulator) to unpack them under emulation.  If you don't do it this way
> you run the risk of losing the filetype information for the files you
> copy over which means that programs may not run and such.