Re: IIgstour.shk in Ground ... getting good A2 stuff downloads

[ronfucci@bellsouth.net]

thanks as usual Rubywand.

I was using Netscape to download with save as from the ftp site which
saved as text.  To fix, I went into Netscape preferences and created a
new type for SHK to make sure it was handled as binary.  Works fine.

ron

On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 04:04:09 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>ronfucci@bellsouth.net writes ...
>> 
>> nulib shows the file as corrupt.
>> Does anyone know if another copy is available ?  tks
>> 
>> Ron
>
>
>     The IIgstour.shk file is on Ground at .... 
>
>ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/Misc/ .
>
>It was downloaded and checked via Nulib and appears to be okay-- i.e. Nulib has
>no difficulty listing the contents.
>
>
>     Most likely, the reason you got a bad download is that you contacted
>Ground via http/ and downloaded the file via a Right-click select and save. 
>     For most net servers, Apple II filetype designations like ".shk", ".sdk",
>and ".dsk" are non-standard and the files are not known to have a binary MIME
>type. This can result in the file being treated as Text; and, you end up with a
>file on your hard disk corrupted by the addition of line ender bytes. 
>
>     The best way to avoid this sort of corruption is to make an ftp/
>connection (if this option is available).  In the case of IIgstour.shk from
>Ground, try doing the download from ...
>
>ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/Misc/ .
>
>
>     Many sites allow only an http/ connection. These sites will often offer
>Apple II files inside .zip files to avoid Text mode corruption. Changing the
>names of Apple II files offered to something like "IIgstour_shk.bin" is another
>way to assure a binary mode transfer.
>
>     From the user end, a way to deal with a corrupted .shk, .dsk, etc.
>download from an http/ site is to use a utility named "Uncook" on the file
>fairly soon after the download. To get Uncook and info on using it, click on
>"Download Help" at ...
>
>http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/v2000/Oct/index.html .
>
>
>
>Rubywand