Re: Shrinkit.Exe

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Tony Ward <tward@XXXXenteract.com> wrote:

>The self-extracting archives of the current versions of ShrinkIt have
>been around since Andy Nicholas created them in 1992. He always uploaded
>a self-extracting archive along with a standard ShrinkIt archive so the
>chicken and the egg situation (how to unpack ShrinkIt if you don't have
>ShrinkIt) could be avoided. The following programs, all the latest
>versions as far as I'm aware, all exist in self-extracting as well as
>standard ShrinkIt archives:
>
>ShrinkIt v3.4
>GS-ShrinkIt (GSHK) v1.1
>II+ UnshrinkIt v2.1
>Auto-UnshrinkIt v1.1
>
>The 8-bit self-extracting archives are text files that you EXEC (ie.
>from the BASIC command line) to unpack. The GSHK self-extractor is a S16
>file wrapped in Binary II to preserve the filetype, so it's a bit more
>complicated; you have to download to a IIgs with a telecom program that
>removes the Binary II and sets the filetype, or you remove the Binary II
>after the download with BLU or 8-bit ShrinkIt. If the Binary II was
>removed before moving the file to an Apple IIgs, then you'll have to set
>the filetype to S16 ($B3) manually. Once you've got the S16 file, launch
>it and it will unpack itself.
>
>I don't think there ever was an EXEC self-extracting version of GSHK.
>GSHK and its documentation file have resource forks, which makes it
>kinda tough to unpack from an 8-bit environment.

Correct.  In fact, I think GSHK has a resource fork itself.

How about uploading a DiskCopy image of a ProDOS disk containing
ShrinkIt GS just for Mac users?  PC users can download the usual
.sea archive and change the file type to S16 from Basic.System, but
because the Mac adds a resource fork, Mac touched files can't be
edited in this way.  The DiskCopy archive would be an alternative for
those downloading on Macs.