[Coco] Fw: getting files on a virtual disk

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonzzo" <bonzzo at twcny.rr.com>

...
> I have downloaded the emulator and have figured out how to write
the virtual
> disk to a real disk to be used within the CoCo.  One of the FTP
sites had
> some software I used but it is not in .DSK format but rather in the
format
> the CoCo needs (.bas / .bin / .arc).  My question is how to get
these file
> to load in the emulator, so I get them on a virtual disk, so that I
then can
> write the files to disk?  Or am I going about this all wrong?
>
> To make a long story short I need to take /bas, /bin and /arc coco
files
> that are on my PC and transfer them to disk to be used on my CoCo.

Use Jeff Vavasour's emulator. It has this function.

> Another question I have.. the ARC files.  These are compressed
files right?
> I need the program to unpack these files or if I'm mistaken, how do
I read /
> launch these types of files?

PKXARC

Regards,

Neil

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