Re: Strange IIgs error (Update!)

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote in message
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> grammens@svn.net wrote asking:
> <<Is Shrink II available on the net?>>
>
> Yes, it's freeware and is available for public access and download in
Stuffit
> archive file format - within the following folder and URL:
>
> http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/MAC.to.A2.UTILITES/
>

Thanks, Tom. Wish I'd had this util when I first started, getting Binscii
and Shrinkit going on my first IIc was tough.

For anyone with a suitable Mac, this util will allow you to download Apple
II files on a PC or Mac, then extract and transfer them to a 800K ProDos
disk.
I have a Color Classic with a IIe card and a ProDos partition, I would guess
that I can use Shrink II to extract Shrinkit archives to the ProDos
partition, then copy them from the ProDos partition to a 5.25" floppy
attached to  the IIe card.

The Color Classic is hard to find, but other Macs with an LC slot (LC, LC
II/III, even some 040 models) are very cheap and plentiful. The IIe card
seems fairly common (schools bought them in the 90's and are surplusing them
now).

This solves one of the tougher problems, easily getting downloads off the
net and onto your Apple II, even onto 5.25" disks.
Cool!
-Paul