Re: Mac fork stipper program MIA (needed for A2s)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5fpn8u$2h3e@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>Randy, why don't you just use GSHK, the GS specific Shrinkit, to
>open the files?  The GS handles resource forks fine, if you want
>to know.  That's much simpler than your round-about Mac based
>"solution."

   Tip: Not everyone has a GS, and the first copy of Binscii
downloaded is unpacked under ProDOS 8, which doesn't do resource
forks, GS or ][+.

   And as to changing the file/creator type from the Mac side, that's
*already* mentioned in the FAQ. However, (1) Macs are not set up by
default to be Apple II file friendly, and (2) Filetype changer
programs are neither standard issue, not readily intuitive to the
average user. In any case, A2 friendly downloading thru a Mac is not
available by default-- you have to go jump thru hoops to correct
for the quirks of the Macs.

Nathan Mates

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