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<h1>CiderPress Features</h1>
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<p><a href="index.htm">Return to main page</a>.</p>
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<p><b><a name="shrinkit"></a>Access to ShrinkIt Archives</b></p>
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<p>Full access to ShrinkIt archives (.shk, .sdk, .bxy, .sea, .bse) is provided,
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including:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>View files without having to extract them first. Special converters
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are provided for several popular file formats.</li>
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<li>Extract files and directories, optionally converting them. File type
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information and resource forks can be preserved in Windows, using the <a href="https://nulib.com/library/nulib2-preserve.htm">method</a>
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developed for use in NuLib2. It's possible to extract all files from a
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GS/OS boot disk to Windows, add them to a new disk image, and then boot that
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image in an emulator.</li>
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<li>Add files, directories, and disk images.</li>
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<li>Convert the contents of a ShrinkIt file archive directly to a ProDOS disk image, and
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vice-versa.</li>
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<li>Re-compress entries with a different algorithm. All compression
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methods defined in the NuFX specification are supported, as well as gzip
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"deflate".</li>
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<li>Rename entries.</li>
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<li>Test entries or whole archives.</li>
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<li>Delete entries.</li>
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<li>Add, update, and delete comments.</li>
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<li>Edit file type, aux type, and access permissions of archived files. </li>
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<li>Print file listings.</li>
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<li>Copy & paste files between archives and disk images.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>It's like having "ShrinkIt for Windows". Viewing and extracting files from Binary II files
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(.bny, .bqy), AppleLink Compression Utility archives (.acu), and AppleSingle files is also
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supported. ShrinkIt archive access is provided by NufxLib, the library used by the
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<a href="https://nulib.com/">NuLib2</a> archive utility since early 2000.
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Archives created with NufxLib are nearly identical to those created with GS/ShrinkIt.</p>
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<p><b><a name="disks"></a>Disk Image Support</b></p>
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<p>CiderPress has the ability to identify nearly all Apple II disk image formats
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automatically. Supported file formats include:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Universal Disk Images (.2mg, .2img)</li>
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<li>DiskCopy 4.2 (.dsk)</li>
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<li>Copy II Plus (.img)</li>
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<li>Sim //e HDV images (.hdv)</li>
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<li>TrackStar 40-track images (.app)</li>
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<li> Dalton's Disk Disintegrator (DDD v2.1+, DDD Pro v1.1+) (.ddd)</li>
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<li>Raw FDI images of 5.25" and 3.5 disks (read-only) (.fdi)</li>
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<li>Unadorned sector-format files (.po, .do, .d13, .raw, .hdv, .iso, most .dc6)</li>
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<li>Unadorned nibble-format files (.nib, .nb2)</li>
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<li>Any of the above compressed with gzip (.gz) or zip (.zip)</li>
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<li>ShrinkIt (NuFX) compressed disk images (.shk, .sdk)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The image file format, filesystem, and sector ordering are <b>determined
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automatically</b> for most disks. The settings can be overridden if necessary.
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Images larger than floppies, such as ProDOS and HFS hard drive partition
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images, are fully supported.</p>
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<p>The recognized filesystem formats are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>DOS 3.2/3.3 (13, 16, or 32 sectors, up to 50 tracks)</li>
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<li>ProDOS</li>
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<li>UCSD Pascal</li>
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<li>HFS (up to 2GB)</li>
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<li>CP/M</li>
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<li>SSI's RDOS (13-sector, 16-sector, and converted 13-to-16-sector formats)</li>
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<li>Gutenberg word processor</li>
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</ul>
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<p> DOS, ProDOS, HFS, and UCSD Pascal filesystems are fully supported. You can
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view, add, extract, rename, and delete files, as well as create bootable blank
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disk images. Change disk volume names and DOS volume numbers. Create
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subdirectories and change file types on ProDOS disks. Files on CP/M and RDOS disks can be extracted and
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viewed. CiderPress also recognizes the following "meta-formats":</p>
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<ul>
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<li>UNIDOS / AmDOS / OzDOS (two 400K DOS volumes on an 800K disk)</li>
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<li>ProSel Uni-DOS / DOS Master (one or more DOS volumes embedded in an 800K ProDOS disk)</li>
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<li>Macintosh-style disk partitioning (for hard drives, CD-ROMs, flopticals,
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etc).</li>
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<li>CFFA-style partitioning (fixed-size 32MB/1GB volumes, for Compact Flash
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cards).</li>
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<li>///SHH Systeme MicroDrive partitioning (allows up to 16 partitions on IDE hard
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drives).</li>
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<li>Parsons Engineering FocusDrive partitioning (allows up to 30 partitions).</li>
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</ul>
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<p> <b><a name="physical"></a>Direct Access to Physical Devices</b></p>
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<p> With CiderPress you can directly access physical devices on your PC.
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For example:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Read and write ProDOS-formatted 720KB and 1.4MB floppy disks. If you
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have a SuperDrive or floptical drive connected to your Apple II, you can
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transfer files around without needing to use MS-DOS utilities. [Works
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for PC-format disks. Does not work with Apple-format 800KB and 1.6MB
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disks, nor 140KB 5.25" disks.]</li>
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<li>Read and write files on every ProDOS partition of a CFFA card.
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4-part and
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8-part configurations are automatically detected.</li>
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<li>Read files from ProDOS partitions of CD-ROMs. If you have Apple II CD-ROMs
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with multiple 32MB ProDOS partitions, CiderPress will find every file on
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them.</li>
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<li>Read and write files on every partition of an Apple II hard drive. Got an external SCSI drive
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connected to your //gs? Plug it into a
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SCSI card on a PC and open it.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>With the included volume copier, you can also copy partitions or
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multi-partition volumes to and from physical media. This allows you to extract partitions
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from CFFA cards, CD-ROMs, and hard drives, and use them with an emulator.
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Back up your hard drive to a block image file in seconds, and restore the whole drive,
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a single partition, or individual files quickly and easily.</p>
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<p>All of the above requires appropriate hardware, and some versions of Windows
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work better with certain hardware than others. See the <a href="hardware.htm">Hardware
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Compatibility</a> page for details about what you need and what you can expect.</p>
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<p><b><a name="converter"></a>Built-in File Viewer/Converter</b></p>
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<p>The file viewer can convert several formats for easier viewing on modern
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systems:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>ProDOS text with carriage returns to Windows "CRLF" format.</li>
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<li>DOS 3.3 "high ASCII" text to Windows text.</li>
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<li>CP/M text converted to Windows format (stops at first Ctrl-Z).</li>
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<li>UCSD Pascal editor text to plain text.</li>
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<li>UCSD Pascal code to a segmented hex dump.</li>
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<li>Applesoft BASIC to text (matches output of "LIST" command), with
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or without color syntax highlighting.</li>
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<li>Integer BASIC to text (matches output of "LIST" command), with
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or without color syntax highlighting.</li>
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<li>Apple /// Business BASIC to text (matches output of "LIST" command), with
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or without color syntax highlighting.</li>
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<li>S-C Assembler source files to text.</li>
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<li>LISA tokenized assembly source to text (versions 2.x - 5.x).</li>
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<li>Merlin assembly sources to properly-spaced text.</li>
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<li>65C02/65816 code disassembly. Output matches //e and IIgs monitor
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listings, with the addition of Nifty List annotations (descriptions of F8
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ROM routines, softswitches, and ProDOS, GS/OS, and toolbox calls are shown).</li>
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<li>Magic Window / Magic Window II "formatted" documents to text.</li>
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<li>AppleWorks 3.0 documents:
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<ul>
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<li> Word processor to Rich Text Format (supports left/right
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margins, centering, bold, italic, etc).</li>
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<li> Database to CSV (suitable for import into Excel or other
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applications).</li>
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<li> Spreadsheet to CSV (for import into Excel or other
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spreadsheets; some formulas may not convert).</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>IIgs text documents:
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<ul>
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<li>Generic GWP to Rich Text Format. Converts non-ASCII characters,
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such as symbols and letters with accents, to Windows equivalents.
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Non-English text converts correctly.</li>
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<li>Teach documents to Rich Text Format (supports different fonts, font
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sizes, and style changes).</li>
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<li>AWGS Word Processor documents to Rich Text format (supports different
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fonts, font sizes, style changes, and paragraph justification).</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Hi-Res graphics to 560x384 16-color .BMP (B&W or color with half-pixel
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shifting).</li>
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<li>Double Hi-Res graphics to 560x384 16-color .BMP (B&W or color).</li>
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<li>Super Hi-Res graphics to 640x400 256-color .BMP. Supported formats
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include unpacked ($c1/0000), Paintworks ($c0/0000), packed ($c0/0001),
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DreamGrafix ($c0/8005), and Apple Preferred Format
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($c0/0002) up to 1280x1024.</li>
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<li>3200-color Super Hi-Res graphics to 640x400 24-bit .BMP. Supported
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formats include unpacked ($c1/0002 or ".3200"), packed
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(".3201"), DreamGrafix ($c0/8005), and Apple Preferred Format ($c0/0002 with "MULTIPAL").</li>
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<li>Print Shop and Print Shop GS clip art to 88x52 .BMP.</li>
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<li>MacPaint image to 576x720 B&W .BMP.</li>
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<li>Apple IIgs resource forks are split into individual resources and
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displayed as hex dumps.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>In addition, any fork of any file can be viewed in its "raw" state
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or as a hex dump.</p>
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<p>Text and graphics can be cut & pasted from the file viewer to
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other applications, or sent directly to your printer. The file converters can be applied when extracting
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files as well, allowing you to convert disks full of source code or images
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easily. It takes the same amount of effort to convert one AppleWorks
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document or one hundred.</p>
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<p>Unsupported formats with recognizable extensions, such as ".GIF"
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and ".JPG", are displayed in an external viewer when double-clicked.</p>
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<p><b><a name="dicc"></a>Disk Image Creation and Conversion</b></p>
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<p>The disk image creation tool allows you to create blank, bootable disk image
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for DOS 3.2/3.3, ProDOS, HFS, and Pascal disks. ProDOS volumes can have arbitrary sizes
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up to 32MB, and HFS can go up to 2GB. Resize volumes by copying & pasting between them, or use
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the one-step disk-to-file-archive and file-to-disk-archive features.</p>
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<p>The disk image converter easily converts disk images to any other suitable
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format. Use it to add or remove 2MG headers, or convert .PO to .NIB and back
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again. Convert your 800K ShrinkIt disk images to and from DiskCopy 4.2.
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You can optionally add gzip compression for reduced storage size.</p>
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<p>If you have a large collection of images that you want to convert to a
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different format, use the bulk image converter to migrate them all in a few easy
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steps.</p>
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<p> <b><a name="tools"></a>Additional Tools</b></p>
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<p>CiderPress includes some other handy tools:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Disk Viewer - Examine disk images as 512-byte blocks, 256-byte sectors or
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raw nibblized
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tracks. Open and follow individual files and embedded sub-volumes.
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Examine blocks on CF cards and other Windows volumes.</li>
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<li>Volume Copier - Copy data to and from Windows volumes, such as CF cards
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and floppy disks. Extract ProDOS partitions from CD-ROMs and copy them
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to a hard drive partition. Back up your Apple II hard drive directly.</li>
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<li>SST Image Merge - Combine SST-generated disk image pairs into .NIB files
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without having to run SST in an emulator. Just generate the images on
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the Apple II, transfer them to the PC, and let CiderPress do the reassembly
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for you.</li>
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<li>2MG Properties Editor - Change the "locked" flag, disk volume
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number, and edit the comment in a 2MG disk image file.</li>
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<li>EOL Scanner - Identify disk images and file archives damaged by ASCII-mode
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transfers. Figure out what OS a text file is formatted for.</li>
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<li>Cassette Import - Capture your Apple II cassette tape in a WAV file, then
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use CiderPress to extract every program it contains. Automatically
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identifies file type and length for most programs. It can even decode
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some tapes that no longer work on a real Apple II.</li>
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<li>Import BASIC from text file - Convert a text listing of an Applesoft
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program into a BAS file on a disk image. Handy for converting programs
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scanned from hardcopy.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Included as a separate application, Multi-Disk Catalog (MDC)
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allows you to generate <a href="mdc-out.txt"> file listings</a> from hundreds of disk images with only a
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few mouse clicks. Just select the images and the automatic format
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recognition does the rest.</p>
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