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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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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

They are created by some disk copying utility and they are just disk
images. Depending on the program, they may be written back to a floppy
or individual files may be extracted. I know no program for Atari that
can extract individual files and the PC ones can do this only from disk
images that comply to the PC standard. Otherwise use either E-copy or
Fastcopy, most probably the images were created with one of them and
they should be able to recognise their own format.

Maciek

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
> -- 
> International Internet Incorporated of America
> 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)
         

On the subject of a PC copying ST disks, try VGA Copy 6.23 !  It copies 1
in 2 disks into image files which have to be unpacked and renamed to .ST
files - but they work OK under Pacifist.

Try:  www.fatal-design.com/desktop for more information and/or their ftp
site (ftp.fatal-design.com) - the program is in the pub/PC section.