This program mounts DiskCopy and DART images as disk icons.
To use disk image(s), drop them onto MungeImage.
To get rid of them, throw them in the trash.
Hints & Tips
To mount image(s) read-write, hold down the option key while mounting them (DiskCopy images only).
Don’t eject the disk(s). Unmount them by dragging them to the trash.
MungeImage won’t work in System 6.
Requires about as much memory as mounted disk space.
Warning
Version 1.0 was written in eight hours…
… and version 1.1 in 4.
Version 1.2 took another 8 hours but was delayed a few days because the coke machine ran out of coke (complaints about this can be made to +61 9 353 1333). And of course we wouldn’t want to give MacWeek any live ammunition to play with, would we? They might shoot the other foot.
Distribution
The MungeImage application is free; do whatever you want with it.
Our parts of the source code are free; do whatever you want with it.
Some bits of the source (namely DartIntf.h, DartIntf.p and DartIntf.o) are copyright Apple Computer, Inc. We’re not quite sure what they’ll do if you start selling those bits. I would recommend against doing that. Selling programs built using those bits should be cool though.
It’s likely that the file lzrw1kh.p is copyright Kurt Haenen. Peter found the code on the net so I’ll doubt he’ll get upset if you use it.
Credits
(Contrary to the opinion of MacWeek) MungeImage was written by both:
Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
Peter N Lewis <peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au>
The DART support was originally provided by Ken McLeod (Apple Computer).
See Also
You might want to check out ShrinkWrap, a application by Chad Magendanz <chad@halcyon.com>, that gives MungeImage a user interface.
And yes Chad, we’re still using Pascal and (to quote Agent 86) loving it!
Version History
1.0b1 — 7 May 1994 — Original (8 hour) Release
1.0.1 — 12 May 1994 — Some Improvements and Bug Fixes
+ change creator to MUIM, this one is registered!
+ double dispose problems fixed
+ new colour icons
1.1.0 — 18 Jun 1994 — Installer Compatibility Release
+ Changed so MungeImage application quits immediately.
Therefore works with the Installer.
No foreground/background problems.
+ Mounts disks by default read-only
+ Option key to mount disks read/write.
Read/write disks are written back to the image file.
+ Fixed several bugs
Do we get a gold star, Pete?
1.2.0 — 15 Aug 1994 — DART Support
+ now mounts DART images
+ can now mount images read-write via AppleScript (DiskCopy images only)
+ compresses read-only DiskCopy images to reduce memory footprint
+ spins cursor while mounting volumes ’cause it can take a while to read and compress them
Mega-thanks to Ken McLeod!
Quo Vadis?
Where are we going with MungeImage? Well that’s our secret (-: But seriously folks, we wouldn’t want to give our competition the edge. However you can be sure that we have plans.