Re: question...

["W. Smith" <timex@tpau.kluge.net>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> >i've written Jeff Blakeney twice about this with no answer
> >whatsoever.  (Jeff, if you haven't gotten any mail from me from my work
> >address [wsmith at ctron.com], sorry...)
> 
> Well, I know I've answered this question twice.  :-)  I e-mailed
> replies but you used cabletron.com in your e-mail address, not
> ctron.com so they have apparently gone to bit heaven.  I never
> received any failed delivery messages either.
> 
> Sorry about that.

i offer my humble apologies.  it seems that Cabletron has crap for a
connection/filter/whatever.  i never recieved any reply.  <sigh>  

seeing as this isn't the FIRST time something like this has happened (it's
happened with correspondence betwixt me and my father), i believe you
speak the truth.

> Here is the last e-mail reply I tried to send to you:

...

> I'm not sure if this is covered in a FAQ anywhere but
> the files that are posted to comp.binaries.apple2 can't
> be posted in a binary format.  They must be encoded from
> an 8 bit binary format to a 7 bit ASCII format.  For the
> Apple II, the standard encoding method is called
> BINscii.  There are other encoding methods.  UUencode,
> Base64 and BinHex being the most prevalent for Unix,
> Windows and Mac systems.

right...  i knew that part.  i couldn't get it un-done, is all...  i kept
getting corruption messages.

> What you need to do with these files is save the ASCII
> text of the message and get it onto a disk on your Apple
> II.  Then you use a program on the Apple II to decode
> the file from text back into its binary form.  This
> usually results in a ShrinkIt file for stuff posted to
> cba2.

would ShrinkIt GS be able to make sense of the files?  should i leave them
as seperate messages in the same folder?  ahh, the questions of a neophyte
are many...  ;)

> Programs that you can use to decode a BINscii file are
> BINSCII and BSCIT for the 8 bit Apple IIs and StolenBase
> NDA, GScii+ NDA or use the BinHQX XCMD in Spectrum
> (choose decode from the black apple menu) for the IIgs. 

hmmmmmm....  okay...  i'll search for them.  thanks for the heads-up!

> Spectrum is the only program that you have to pay for
> out of this bunch.  The rest should be available on FTP
> sites if you don't already have them.

okay....  i know where to start looking...

> I hope this helps.

it most certainly does.  thanks again!

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William Smith   timex-at-kluge.net
Biddeford, ME