DSK2FILE is a ProDOS 8 utility for working with disk image
files. It will create image files or write existing image files back to floppy,
both 5.25" (140k) and 3.5" (800k). Currently supported disk image formats are:
.dsk, .do - DOS 3.3 ordered, 140k
.po - ProDOS ordered, 140k or 800k
.2mg - 2MG, universal format, 800k only
Version 5.8f, (March 2003)
** Minor bug fix.
Minimum requirements: Enhanced Apple IIe (or better) with one 5.25" floppy
drive and a hard drive, RAM card, or 3.5" drive
Download:dsk2file.shk - a
ShrinkIt archive (change to '.shk' once downloaded!)
NIB2FILE
NIB2FILE is a ProDOS 8 utility which will create .nib format
disk images files from 140k disks. It is designed to allow a few
copy-protected disks to be made into disk images. Specifically, it was designed
to work with many of the MECC educational disks so that teachers who still have
the disks but not the Apples can continue to use them. In my tests it has been
about 75% successful. Your mileage may vary.
Version 1.0, (December 2002)
Minimum requirements: Any ProDOS capable Apple II with one 5.25" floppy
drive and a hard drive, RAM card, or 3.5" drive
Download:nib2file.shk - a
ShrinkIt archive (change to '.shk' once downloaded!)
Comments
DSK2FILE has been under development since 1993 when the first
BASIC version using the RWTS subroutine was released. It has had a good run. So,
from this time onward, please consider DSK2FILE development to be frozen.
This means that I will no longer be updating it, nor will I fix bugs. If you
have trouble using it I'll gladly answer your email and try to help. This also
goes for NIB2FILE, it is as it will be. Caveat Emptor.
The source code to both DSK2FILE (QForth, on this site) and NIB2FILE (Merlin
assembly) is included in the archives. Anyone may modify these programs as they
see fit. Note that some portions of the source to NIB2FILE were not written by
me, namely, the read a raw track routine, which was copied (and bug fixed!) from
the version given in Beneath Apple ProDOS. A few routines also came from the
QForth source code. These are noted in the comments. The Merlin assembler can be
found on the usual archive sites. I believe the version used was 2.54.
