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Re: Images from DiskCopy (WAS Using Apple's Finder from System
In article <4jsd5j$t0n@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
CompExpr <compexpr@aol.com> wrote:
>Ian Viemeister <vmeister@ios.com> wrote:
>At 02:09 AM 4/1/96 GMT, Jeff Lawson wrote:
>>and restored the Disk Copy images on a real Mac (since it Disk Copy
>>doesn't seem to work under Executor) and copied Finder over and set
>As someone else has already noted, DiskCopy images are raw dumps of
>a mac floppy, plus an 84 byte header - chop off the header and
>Executor can use the image as an HFV (just give it the right extension
>and put it in the proper directory)
>If it's such a simple thing to convert the file, perhaps someone could
>write a conversion utility to convert DiskCopy files over into HFV's.
>I can write such a program in QuickBASIC for DOS machines. I'll play and
>let you know..
>However, I don't have the ability to write such a program for Liunx/Next
>users.
This should work for them:
$ tail -c +85 [Disk Copy Image filename] >foo.hfv
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