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For those who might be interested: Based on a couple of suggestions, I tried to use macutils. Turns out that the last version is circa 1992, c code, no autoconfig file, a make file that requires some work. Found a packaged version for Debian, built a virtual machine, installed the package. Unfortunately, when all was said and done, it told me "unrecognized file format." So I then went into the wonderful world of Mac emulation. Last time I'd looked at things like Sheepshaver, you had to have a retail CD containing OS 9, otherwise you were SOL. This time, I found a pre-packaged version that installed and booted just fine - actually, just download, unzip, click, and you have OS9 running in a window on a modern Mac, with shared files -- way cool. (For those interested - look at http://www.macwindows.com/Emulator-for-Mac-OS-9-in-OS-X-updated-for-Mountain-Lion.html for download links). Then I had to dig up a copy of DDExpand - found one at http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=22663 - had to unstuff it (remember stuffit - happen to have a modern copy on my machine), then move the unstuffed file to a shared folder (along with the files I wanted to expand). From there, it expanded files perfectly. Of course then I had to use Word 2008 to open the resulting files, under Word 2011, I just got blank pages. Thanks, Miles Fidelman Benjamin Florin wrote: > Supposedly the Linux package MacUtil ( > http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/opensuse/11.1/ppc/ppc/macutils-2.0b3-153.22.ppc.html) > can unpack DiskDoubler files. I haven't used it. > > Ben > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Miles Fidelman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> I figure someone here might know how to retrieve a file in an ancient >> format. Anybody know of a tool that will uncompress a file compressed with >> disk doubler, that doesn't require dredging up an old Mac running OS 9 (or >> trying to emulate one?). >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> Miles Fidelman >> >> -- >> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. >> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra >> -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra