Re: Mac d/l for Apple2 GS forked files need help

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nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

>Timothy T <depuck@ulster.net> wrote:
>>HI i am d/l files to my Mac for my sons Apple2 GS .. So far i have D/L the
>>files off the web on to a 800k ProDOS formated disk.. I have shrinkit to
>>open the files but at some point Shrinkit tells me it can't open the files
>>because they are forked...
>
>   I invite you to read the official csa2 Frequently Asked Questions
>(FAQ) at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html section 5.*,
>which covers how to download and get things running on a GS--
>including programs to undo the damage caused by the Mac SmileyOS
>wanting to get its grubby hands on every file it can.

Nathan, if you stop cheerleading your ass and throwing those
pompoms for the "Kill Macintosh" campaign for a second and actually
read what this guy wrote, you'll realize that he is trying to extract
GS extended files from WITHIN the archive using 8-bit Shrinkit. He
thinks he needs to remove the forks from GS files...he needs
GS Shrinkit!

Macintosh is not the only computer that uses extended files...the
GS uses them too.