Re: PC to Prodos Disk...problems

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bill Brown writes ...
> 
> Hi...
> 
> Have a //c+, been trying to transfer files I've found on the web to the //c+
> from my notebook.
> 
> I have a serial cable, null modem, etc...
> 
> Connections are made on both ends, data is transferred
> (although only as high as 9600 baud, cant' seem to do faster)
> 
> When the file is sent, I go to Shrinkit to expand...
> 
> Shrinkit shows the files, the sizes, and creatiion dates, but not the file
> titles...
> when you try to extract, it says that it's corrupted....
> 
> this has happened with both files that were in a pc "zip" format, and unzipped
> on the notebook, and with files that were just *.shk
> 
 ....

     Besides the steps already suggested, you could use Nulib to unshrink .shk
files on your PC. If a file unshrinks okay on the PC, you can pretty well eliminate
the possibility that it is corrupted. You can get Nulib at
http://net-24-42.dhcp.mcw.edu/a2pa.html .




Rubywand