Odd disk image format... .552?

[Mike Ross]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Nico de Jong <nico at farumdata.dk> wrote:
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>> Recently found some long-lost images of 5 1/4" floppies that were sent
>> to me...  10-15 years ago. Here's one of them:
>>
>> http://www.corestore.org/RP06.552
>>
>> I've never seen that .552 file extension before. Any clue? It's
>> possible that refers to a version number rather than some obscure disk
>> image format...
>>
>> (They are allegedly Setasi Shelby RP12 boot disks btw :-) )
>>
>> Mike
>>
> Seems to be a MSDOS 5.0 boot disk, with just one important program,
> RP06.EXE, on it, and then some support programs.
> As far as I can see, it is a physical backup. Could the 552 just be a serial
> number `?

That's kinda what I expected actually... so you reckon they're just in
normal raw image format for e.g. Rawrite?

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