MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: help converting BXY and BSQ files to 2MG.

> There is a website that has many PD Apple IIGS games, but they are all in .BXY, or
> .BSQ formats which MAME can't read. I am running Windows, and have CiderPress, which
> can read .BXY, but not .BSQ. When I use CiderPress, it turns .BXY images into 800KB
> images in .PO format, which MAME can't read either. I am looking for a way to get the
> games into a format MAME can read. The only format MAME can read appears to be .2MG
> 801KB in size.

Are you certain you are using the correct floppy drive in the Apple IIGS emulation to boot those? That machine is set up so that -floppy1 and -floppy2 are actually Apple II drives. You need to use -floppy3 or -floppy4 to run those GS only floppy images. It is an easy mistake to make, I made it myself testing the system. Check the -listmedia output below:


SYSTEM           MEDIA NAME       (brief)    IMAGE FILE EXTENSIONS SUPPORTED
---------------- --------------------------- -------------------------------
apple2gs         floppydisk1      (flop1)    .do   .dsk  .bin  .po   .nib  .fdi  .td0  .imd .cqm  .d77  .d88  .1dd  
                 floppydisk2      (flop2)    .do   .dsk  .bin  .po   .nib  .fdi  .td0  .imd .cqm  .d77  .d88  .1dd  
                 floppydisk3      (flop3)    .dsk  .img  .image.po   .dc   .2img .2mg  .fdi .td0  .imd  .cqm  .d77  .d88  .1dd  
                 floppydisk4      (flop4)    .dsk  .img  .image.po   .dc   .2img .2mg  .fdi .td0  .imd  .cqm  .d77  .d88  .1dd