Re: filename extension mime types

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 02:58:55 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>     The following suffixes (in both lower and upper case) should be
>associated with a .bin mime type (i.e. the files should be treated as generic
>.bin files):
>
>.2mg      .dsk      .qq
>.acu      .do       .sdk
>.alu      .hqx      .sea
>.apf      .img      .shk
>.bnx      .lbr      .shr
>.bny      .nib      .sit
>.bqy      .pd       .zoo
>.bse      .po       
>.bxy      .ps       

Let's examine this list

.acu   .alu   .bnx   .pd   .bse   .img
Unkown formats
I have no idea what these extensions are supposed to represent.

.sit   .hqx
Macintosh archive formats
These formats should already have MIME types associated with them not
to mention that SIT files aren't really useable by Apple II's anymore
and the fact that HQX files are text files, not binary.

.sea
Self Extracting Archive
This is another extension that should already have a MIME type
associated with it as it is used by several platforms.

.zoo
An archive format that is standard for another non-Apple II system.
I can't remember exactly what system this was used on mostly but I
have never seen an Apple II file in this format.

.2mg   .dsk   .do   .nib   .po
Emulator disk image formats
These formats shouldn't be available for download as they should be in
a compressed format to reduce download times.

.apf   .shr   .ps
As far as I can tell these describe graphic files
Apple Preferred and Super Hi-Res images should at least be in a Binary
II wrapper and you'd definitely want to compress SHR images to reduce
download times so these shouldn't really show up on web sites unless
we get a graphical web browser.  PostScript files are again used
mostly on other machines and of very little use on an Apple II.

.qq   .lbr   .bny   .bqy
Old Apple II archive formats
I'm assuming LBR stands for Library file which is what ShrinkIt
archives are often referred to as.  However, a ShrinkIt archive should
have an SHK extension, not LBR.  QQ files are squeezed files using a
very old utility that hasn't been used for ages.  BQY files are just
one or more QQ files in a Binary II wrapper which, again, haven't been
used in ages.  BNY is one or more files in a Binary II wrapper however
these files are most likely not compressed which is not a good idea
because you want to reduce the download times as much as possible not
to mention save on drive space.

.sdk   .bxy   .shk
Standard Apple II archive formats
These are the types of files should be used for Apple II archives.
However, SHK should be avoided as you will lose the file type, aux
type, creation date/time and modification date/time of the archive
which is often handy to know and saves users from having to set this
sort of thing manually.

>     These suffixes can be associated with a .txt mime type:
>
>.bsc
>.bsq

These I agree with.

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