Re: Third site for obtaining ProTYPE now in use!

[bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <5hu2ie$k60@uni.library.ucla.edu>, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

> bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin) wrote:
> >OK, now there's simply no excuse for "Mac-to-Apple // download" users to
> >suffer any longer!  We now have a *third* site that is hosting ProTYPE
> >permanently.  It's an FTP site and its address is:
> >ftp.zws.com/pub/mac/protype1_0.sit.hqx
> >
> >Thanks go to Lewin A.R.W. Edwards in Australia who is both a Macintosh
> >and Apple // enthusiast for wanting to host this file.
> >
> >--bj
> >Apple //--///--Macintosh user/supporter/collector
> 
> 
> B.J., I know you ran into trouble following the instructions in
> the FAQ and I am happy that ProTYPE works on the Mac side.  You
> did mention that you have a GS, however, and as such you might
> be surprised to know that you did not even need ProTYPE in the
> first place.
> 
> The Macintosh is not the only computer that uses forked files.
> The Apple IIgs under GS/OS also uses them.  In fact, most modern
> GS specific desktop programs have a resource fork.  GS/OS system
> sounds under System 6.0.1 are all resources.
> 
> Please push the ProTYPE solution for 8-bit Apple II users who
> must use regular Shrink-It! and BINSCII, but know that with a
> GS, all you need is GSHK and GSCII+.

I want a solution that will work for ALL my Apple 2's.  I have a //c, //e,
and //gs, and don't want to be stuck with something that will ONLY work on
a gs if my GS happens to fail me and die!!  Hence ProTYPE.  That way I
don't have to further deal with that issue on the Apple 2 end no matter
what Apple 2 I use.  Plus, the GSHK & GSCII+ files MUST be dealt with using
ProTYPE on the Mac end if you are downloading these two programs via the
Mac (which I was)!!

> B.J., remember that most GS programs have resource forks.  Even
> if you use ProTYPE and get those archives into a form that the
> 8-bit unshrink and unbinscii programs can recognize, you have a
> second problem of unpacking the files once the archive is open.
> 8-bit ProDOS Shrink-It! will not unpack files that themselves
> contain a resource fork (that is, GS programs with resource forks
> that have been archived by GSHK).  At some point, you will need
> GSHK.

The resource fork issue is being taken care of quite nicely with the use of
ProTYPE on the Mac end.  I have yet to run into a file that will not unpack
once the file is open, and I've put all these archives under the ProTYPE
treatment.

--bj
Apple //--///--Macintosh user/supporter/collector