Alistair J Ross <mail@ataliross.co.uk> wrote:
>> Could you explain exactly how NuLib2 works and the procedure for
>> converting '.sdk' files to '.dsk'. I use ADT to transfer my files into
>> my ][+ which will only transfer 140K DOS-Ordered disk images.
> 
> I too, am having the same difficulty in finding out how this conversion
> takes place with nulib2.

Extract the disk image, e.g.:

  nulib2 x foo.sdk

The extracted file is a ProDOS-ordered disk image.  (It's in ProDOS order
because that's how ShrinkIt stores images.)  See Rubywand's post for a tip
on changing the sector order, or run CiderPress, extract the disk, then use
Tools->Disk Image Converter to convert it to an unadorned DOS-ordered file.

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Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>      When converting from .sdk, does Nulib still produce only ProDOS-order
> disk images?
> 
>      If it does, then the resulting disk image would still need to be copied
> to a .dsk disk image which has DOS 3.3 ordering in order to transfer via ADT.
> (See info at http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FLUTILS.html#014 .)

Yes, they're in ProDOS order.  That would present a problem for anything
that requires DOS order.  The solution in your URL should fix it.
CiderPress can convert between formats if you prefer menus. :-)

Of course, there's a different solution: if ADT works, then a zmodem
transfer should also work.  Transfer the SHK image over and unpack it
to a disk with ShrinkIt.  This requires that you have ShrinkIt on the
target system, of course, which can make things chicken-and-egg like,
but I'm sure there's a DOS-ordered ShrinkIt disk image around.

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