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Re: Atari ST ".dim" files?

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From: Artur Karwatka
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, TL Westgate wrote:

> Satcom2 wrote:
> > 
> >  I have a CD full of Atari ST software. There are a bunch of files in .msa,
> > which is cool, others are in .zip, .st, .lzh etc. but the format I know
> > nothing about is this .dim, which most of my favorite stuff seems to be in.
> > How do I convert this to a normal disk, does anyone know? Thanks for any
> > help. -Satcom2
> 
> This is a long shot, but a program called GR Disk Utilities for Windows
> (GRDUW for short) makes images of floppies and calls them .dim's.
> Windows95.com has a link for this shareware program, but I can't imagine
> someone would've taken Atari disks and made PC disk images out of them.
> 
> TL
> -- 
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> http://www.westg8.com/i3/
> 
> 

hmmm...  strange... that no one knows that... there're two German (really
great) Copy Programs that stores whole disks into file (btw... they have
got different formats!!!), they are:

   FAST COPY PRO 
&  E-COPY

l8er,

   artur (a.k.a. Vat /LuZak tEaM)
         
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From: Artur Karwatka <karvatka@venus.amu.edu.pl>
Subject: Re: Atari ST ".dim" files?
Date: 1997/09/02
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