Update FAQ
Fix / remove dead links, update a couple of answers.
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@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ Windows or a digital camera, it may still look like a valid volume,
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and Windows will assign a drive letter to it even though the card holds
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nothing but Apple II data. It may even allow you to try to open files with
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garbled names. If try to use the CiderPress Open Device or Volume Copier
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features by selecting the drive letter, you won't see your Apple II data.
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features by selecting the drive letter, you won't see your Apple II data.</p>
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<p>All you need to do is open the card as a physical (numbered) device
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rather than a logical (lettered) device. Better yet, update the CF card
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with the newer version of the utilities, available from <a href="http://reactivecomputers.gotdns.com/MicroDrive/">Reactive
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Computers</a>; this will clear out the Windows volume data so the problem (and some others)
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don't arise.
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with the newer version of the MicroDrive utilities; this will clear out the
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Windows volume data so the problem (and some others) don't arise.</p>
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<h3>How do I transfer my Apple II disks to my PC?</h3>
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<p>This isn't something that CiderPress currently helps with. There are,
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however, a number of useful utilities, as well as sites with disk images.
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Check the <a href="http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html">comp.sys.apple2
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FAQ</a> site for information, especially <a href="http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html">this
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section</a>. ADT is probably the most popular program, but using ShrinkIt
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Check the <a href="http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/faqs/A2FAQs1START.html">comp.sys.apple2
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FAQ</a> site for information, especially
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<a href="http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/faqs/Csa2T1TCOM.html">this section</a>.
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ADT is probably the most popular program, but using ShrinkIt
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to create disk images and transferring them over a null modem cable or AppleTalk
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network works too.</p>
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<p>If you have a SuperDrive or floptical drive on your Apple II, you can read
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@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ Apple II and then transfer it over. Check the links in the previous answer
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-- software that helps you copy disk images to the PC will usually help you copy
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them back. </p>
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<h3>Where can I find an Apple II emulator?</h3>
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<p>Check the <a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Emulators/Apple/Apple_II/">Google
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directory</a> for a list of sites. AppleWin and KEGS are the most popular
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for Windows.</p>
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<p>Check out
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<a href="https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases">AppleWin</a>,
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<a href="http://kegs.sourceforge.net/">KEGS</a>, and
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<a href="http://www.sheppyware.net/software-mac/sweet16/">Sweet16</a>.
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<h3>Why is my disk image opening in read-only mode?</h3>
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<p>Possible reasons:</p>
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<ul>
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Volume Copier, un-check the "read only" checkbox. Read-only
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mode is enabled by default for physical disks, but you can change this from
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the "Disk Images" tab of the "Preferences" interface.</li>
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<li>When you open an archive that's inside another archive, it's expanded
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to a temporary file. Since any changes made to that file would be lost
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when you close it, the file is opened read-only.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>When I paste files, the disk fills up almost immediately!</h3>
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<p>When pasting files into a ProDOS disk image, you can choose the directory
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into which the files should go. If the disk image doesn't have any
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<h3>How do I use DiskCopy 4.2 images on a Macintosh?</h3>
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<p>[this answer is probably out of date]</p>
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<p>Some (all?) DiskCopy utility programs on the Macintosh require the correct
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file type and creator type values to be set on disk image files. If you
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try to open a ".dsk" file with a generic file type, you'll get an
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<p>You can use ResEdit, BBEdit, or Norton Utilities to change the type and
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creator. If you're using PC Exchange on the Macintosh to copy the images
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off of Windows-formatted disks, you can configure it to set the type
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automatically for ".dsk" files. Take a look at <a href="http://www.macwindows.com/tutfiles.htm">this
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page</a> for more information.</p>
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automatically for ".dsk" files. </p>
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<h3>How do I format a floppy disk with ProDOS?</h3>
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@ -198,12 +204,10 @@ floppy drive, and select "Format".</p>
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<h3>Can I use CiderPress on a non-Windows system?</h3>
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<p>Sort of. It works reasonably well under Wine (<a href="http://winehq.org/">http://winehq.org/</a>),
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though you need a copy of "windows\system32\mfc42.dll" from a Windows
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system. Wine does crash occasionally, but many of the features work.</p>
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<p>Windows emulators, such as <a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMware</a>, work
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fully.</p>
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<p>Yes, with emulation. It works reasonably well with Wine
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(<a href="http://winehq.org/">http://winehq.org/</a>),
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and very well with system emulators like the free
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<a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a>.</p>
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<h3>Is there anything that CiderPress *doesn't* do?!</h3>
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