Re: Help! Filetype $00 problems . . .

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

hubble1@my-dejanews.com writes ...
> allocate
> Help!
> 
> I am trying to get everything I will need to
> do null modem transfers from a PC to my GS, and
> plan to have System 6.0.1 running off of a Zip
> drive.
> 
> 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.
> 
 ....

     It looks like, as Randy explains, the simple BLOAD ... T$00 ... fix is
out. The resource forks are a real pain. 

     If you have Block Warden or Copy II+ (ProDOS) it is not all that hard to
manually rip off the resource fork and change filetype of ProDOS files on
your IIgs. (It's somewhat easier using a good block editor, like Block
Warden). 
     Basically, you use information saved in a file's 'fake' key block to
modify the file's directory entry so that it becomes a file of the correct
type which no longer has a resource fork. (And, once you get ProSel going,
you can de-allocate the blocks freed up by dumping the resource.)  No doubt,
this is what the Mac utility recommended by Randy does. 



Rubywand