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echo: classic_computer
to: Drew Klenotic
from: Dave Drum
date: 2017-03-10 08:12:12
subject: Macintosh echo

-=> Drew Klenotic wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> There is a source for disk images of C=64 games, etc. on the
 DD> internet. I've  not looked for Apple/Atari/TI stuff - but I'll bet
 DD> it's out there.

 DD>  TL> ... If I had a hammer, I'd get hammered in the morning.

 DD> Three quick pints of VB on an empty stomach will serve the purpose.

 DK> To which Drew Klenotic replies...

 DK> For getting disk images to floppies... For the images themselves, I
 DK> usually check AtariMania.com first.  As for getting them on the
 DK> machines, for the 8-bits, I prefer using the ProSystem that comes with
 DK> Ape (requires an SIO2PC or SIO2USB) but those devices also let you use
 DK> the images directly on those computers without using the floppy at all
 DK> so a lot of people prefer that route.

 DK> For the ST, a lot of things come just as zip files since the ST can
 DK> read 720k PC format disks.  For games or things that require a real
 DK> image, the two options are 1) Copy the image to a 720 floppy and
 DK> "extract" it on the ST or 2) If you have a genuine floppy
drive (not a
 DK> USB floppy) on your PC, there is a program (name escapes me but I want
 DK> to say FloImg or something like that) that will take care of that for
 DK> you. (The reason that it won't work on a USB drive is that the USB
 DK> drives generally can only use the standard formats and can't handle the
 DK> wierd 800k formats that the ST would sometimes use, especially for
 DK> games).

For sneaker-netting onto an Amiga floppy (880K) I copy the thing to a
single density DOS floppy (720K) which my 'Miggy will read. Then transfer
it to the hard disk of the Amiga and burn it back to an 880K Amiga
formatted floppy. I assume you can do something similar with your 1040
Atari.

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