Re: ProDos file type question

[Celt <celt@apple2.com>]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 19:09:02 -0600, Damian Moser <catfud@mailcity.com>
wrote:

>
>Pim Blokland wrote:
>
>> Damian Moser wrote:
>> >
>> >     I have a list of the different kind of ProDos file definitions, with their
>> > hex number, and 3 letter type.  My question is, then, how can I change a file
>> > type so that my Apple IIgs recognizes it as what I change it to?
>>
>> Carl Bunker's CDA File-a-Trix does what you want (and more). It is
>> freeware, but I don't know where you can download it
>> I could e-mail it you if you can't find it; again, it is freeware,
>> which means doing so would not be an act of piracy.
>>
>> As for the ProDOS file types on the Mac, most of them have some kind
>> of encoding which I can't remember know, but is very straightforward:
>> the creator is "pdos" and the the ProDOS type and auxtype are
>> contained in the filetype, prefixed by "p". However, there are some
>> exceptions, like the TXT type wchich becomes "TEXT", and I thought
>> S16 applications as well. Someone please fill me in on this one.
>> --
>> Groetjes, Pim
>>
>> To send me e-mail, insert a t right before the dot.
>> Which reminds me, I'd better get on with... IT!
>
>    I have looked around on the 'net and couldn't find it.  Could you e-mail it,
>please?  I would prefer if it came in some format that I could view on my Mac (like
>DiskCopy or Stuffit).  Thanks
>    Cat Fud
>

Karl's File-A-Trix was released as part of his freeware BunkerWares
collection.  It's available from his web page at:

ftp://users.aol.com/KBunkerAlt/BunkerWare.SDK

and from ACN Tarnover at:

http://tarnover.dyndns.org/tarnover/Files/Utilities/BunkerWare.SDK
ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/tarnover/Files/Utilities/BunkerWare.SDK

Use ShrinkIt or ShrinkIt-GS to unpack the 544K file onto a blank 800K
floppy.


Celt