Re: Distribution of Apple II, IIGS system software & HCGS

[khym@bga.com (Khym Mahn)]

In article <4ssm9r$rq3@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>,
John Bowling <johnlb@Primenet.Com> wrote:
>As a test, I downloaded everything from the HyperCard IISG directory of
>ftp.support.apple.com.  I tried using GSCII+, ShrinkIt (GS version), and
>MacBin.  None of them would accept the .BSQ (or whatever .B.. designation)
>as input.

Hmm... interesting... I had thought that ftp.support.apple.com and
ftp.info.apple.com had the same files, but they don't. The .bxy files
on ftp.info.apple.com (in the HyperCard_IIGS_AppeII_Format directory)
are real .bxy files and actually work.

>It has been said here before that the files have a MacBinary II wrapper,
>but MacBin should have been able to remove it.

The .bxy files on ftp.support.apple.com have a 512-byte AppleSingle
header on them. GSHK seems to know how to make an AppleSingle file,
but not how to read 'em :( I don't know what does read AppleSingle,
but there must be something out there :)

But anyways, if you don't have a Mac, the easiest place to get HCGS is
probably ftp.info.apple.com (located right here in Austin, TX... yay! :)
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