KP

Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?

John B. Matthews

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<f4ec2b04-26e9-4dc4-b3bb-22a52fb26cff@u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,
KP <kjpmail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?

There's a recent thread here:

<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.apple2/b0473MFredI>

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David Schmidt

On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?

Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
and how big your SHK is
4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
6. Quit, then use your new disk

KP

On Dec 7, 12:24*am, David Schmidt <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
> > Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?
>
> Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). *Then:
> 1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
> 2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
> 3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
> and how big your SHK is
> 4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
> 5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
> 6. Quit, then use your new disk

That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
contents of the SHK into a new disk image?

David Schmidt

On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:
> On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
>>> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?
>>
>> Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
>> 1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
>> 2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
>> 3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
>> and how big your SHK is
>> 4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
>> 5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
>> 6. Quit, then use your new disk
>
> That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
> though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
> contents of the SHK into a new disk image?

No. There is no such thing. A .shk file is simply a collection of
Apple II files. If you want to create a disk image out of said
collection, you need to go through the steps above.

BluPhoenyx

On 12/06/2011 11:44 PM, David Schmidt wrote:
> On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:
>> On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
>>>> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?
>>>
>>> Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
>>> 1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
>>> 2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
>>> 3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
>>> and how big your SHK is
>>> 4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
>>> 5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
>>> 6. Quit, then use your new disk
>>
>> That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
>> though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
>> contents of the SHK into a new disk image?
>
> No. There is no such thing. A .shk file is simply a collection of Apple
> II files. If you want to create a disk image out of said collection, you
> need to go through the steps above.

Under the tools menu in CiderPress there is a function to convert the
open archive to a disk image. IIRC this will do what the poster requested.

Cheers
Mike T

David Schmidt

On Dec 7, 1:27*am, BluPhoenyx <bluphoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/06/2011 11:44 PM, David Schmidt wrote:
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> > On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:
> >> On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >>> On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
>
> >>>> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
> >>>> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?
>
> >>> Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
> >>> 1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
> >>> 2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
> >>> 3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
> >>> and how big your SHK is
> >>> 4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
> >>> 5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
> >>> 6. Quit, then use your new disk
>
> >> That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
> >> though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
> >> contents of the SHK into a new disk image?
>
> > No. There is no such thing. A .shk file is simply a collection of Apple
> > II files. If you want to create a disk image out of said collection, you
> > need to go through the steps above.
>
> Under the tools menu in CiderPress there is a function to convert the
> open archive to a disk image. IIRC this will do what the poster requested..

Ah, yes there is - you still need to choose a disk size, but that
saves steps over the copy/paste method. Note too that moving files
from a .shk to a new disk image will not generally result in a
bootable disk. You'd need to copy over the PRODOS file and maybe even
BASIC.SYSTEM to get it to boot to a reasonable state by itself. .shk
files were generally intended to be unpacked on an already-running
system.

KP

On Dec 7, 7:39*am, David Schmidt <david4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 7, 1:27*am, BluPhoenyx <bluphoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 12/06/2011 11:44 PM, David Schmidt wrote:
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> > > On 12/7/2011 12:34 AM, KP wrote:
> > >> On Dec 7, 12:24 am, David Schmidt<schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > >>> On 12/6/2011 9:50 PM, KP wrote:
>
> > >>>> Can anyone tell me how to take a ShrinkIt SHK file (downloaded from
> > >>>> Asimov) and, on a modern PC, put it into a disk image?
>
> > >>> Install a copy of CiderPress (http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net). Then:
> > >>> 1. Double-click on the SHK file (CiderPress should start up)
> > >>> 2. Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to select all, copy all to clipboard
> > >>> 3. File->new disk image, 140KB or 800KB depending on your preferences
> > >>> and how big your SHK is
> > >>> 4. Name your new disk image on your local filesystem
> > >>> 5. Ctrl-V to paste the SHK files to your new disk
> > >>> 6. Quit, then use your new disk
>
> > >> That just seems to dump the SHK file itself into the new disk,
> > >> though. Does CiderPress have a function where it extracts the
> > >> contents of the SHK into a new disk image?
>
> > > No. There is no such thing. A .shk file is simply a collection of Apple
> > > II files. If you want to create a disk image out of said collection, you
> > > need to go through the steps above.
>
> > Under the tools menu in CiderPress there is a function to convert the
> > open archive to a disk image. IIRC this will do what the poster requested.
>
> Ah, yes there is - you still need to choose a disk size, but that
> saves steps over the copy/paste method. *Note too that moving files
> from a .shk to a new disk image will not generally result in a
> bootable disk. *You'd need to copy over the PRODOS file and maybe even
> BASIC.SYSTEM to get it to boot to a reasonable state by itself. *.shk
> files were generally intended to be unpacked on an already-running
> system.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Thank you! I didn't realize that i had to open the image first...