Re: Help with Sys 5 for IIGS

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bluphoenyx@aol.com (BluPhoenyx) wrote:

>Why do you need System 5.04? There is a newer version stored in a Mac archive
>format on the Apple support site. It is the only format they offer now. Expect
>most Apple files to be in the SHK format. The program NULIB will unpack them.
>It works for Dos, Linux and I think the Mac. Comes with source if you have a C
>compiler.

Main problem with NuLib is that it does not properly extract resources.
For IIGS programs, resources are as important as for Mac programs.
Chop off the resource forks and most IIGS programs won't work.

Second, even for IIe files, NuLib loses the file type information.

>The cabinet site is the only place I know of that has Appleworks GS. You just
>have to check the different directories.

I think cabinet only has AWGS 1.0, which is full of bugs.  For $10,
you can get AWGS 1.1 on disks from http://www.allelec.com/
Alltech Electronics.  AWGS 1.1 is very stable on my system and
I've trusted my stuff with it for years.  I can literally leave my IIGS
on for days without it crashing.  AWGS 1.0 is a different story.  I
wouldn't trust it with anything.