Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!rjast1 From: rjast1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Robert J Anisko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: 'only_ste.lzh' Message-ID: <134302@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 31 May 91 06:09:59 GMT References: Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 22 In article larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >The ONLY_STE disk is AUTO-BOOTING and contains PURE DATA for the AUTO-BOOTING >DEMO. In addition ONE SMALL PART of the disk is a NORMAL DISK with a few >program files - THIS IS NOT the demo. DO NOT use a virus killer on the disk >as this will remove the autoboot and make it unusable.... > > Lars-Erik / ABK-BBS +47 2132659 / ____ ______ ________________________ > Osterud / larserio@ifi.uio.no / /___ / The norwegian ST For any users that might have been Atari 8-bit users at one time, the MSA (Magic Shadow Archiving) works in the same way as DISCOMM or Scrunch - it simply takes data from the whole disk (including boot sectors) and puts it into a file, so it can be transmitted via modem. Then when the file is received, you just reverse the process and unpack it to a full disk, boot and all. For some programs and demos, this is the only way to go about it (say an author doesn't want you messing with his/her data (by loading a file into an editor such as Edhack) - so he/she wipes out the directory and makes the program autobooting - kinda a method of file protection... Robert Anisko rjast1@cis.unix.pitt.edu