Re: Help! Filetype $00 problems . . .

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

hubble1@my-dejanews.com wrote:

: I have a full set of System 6.0.1 floppies, and
: have also downloaded GSHK and a terminal program
: and moved them to a Prodos floppy via a Mac.

: Now: here's my problem.  I downloaded TCHANGE.BIN
: to my PC and moved it to a Prodos floppy in the same
: way so that I could change the filetype of
: GSHK to S16 and run the self extracting archive.

: According to the documentation, TCHANGE.BIN should
: come through as a text file which you can BLOAD, and
: then BSAVE to make BRUN-able file.

: I get stuck at this point: PRODOS gives me a FILE
: TYPE MISMATCH.

: When I do a CAT, TCHANGE.BIN shows up as "$00",
: just like GSHK and the terminal program.

: Am I missing a step?  The Mac I used to copy the
: files to PRODOS floppies was running System 7.6.
: Do I need to find a Mac with an earlier OS?

Hurray, another chance to be happy that Nathan left. He'd be posting his 
usual pointless spew if he were here.

The problem is that under most circumstances, PC Exchange writes files onto
ProDOS disks as extended typeless files. You need to get hold of a Mac app
named ProTYPE to fix it. You drag 'n drop the files on ProTYPE, then copy
'em to the floppy. The files will work then.
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