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

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4sk8da$kgl@news.wco.com>,
Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley <gbmaidsf@wco.com> wrote:
>I've noticed a lot of people are asking where to get the system software
>for the Apple II and IIGS, including the Hypercard IIGS program disks. 
>I've also noticed many people seem to be having problems with the 
>download, because of the archive type and many other reasons - from the 
>apple.com - WWW and/or ftp site for all of them.
>
>I've already arranged to obtained all of the required licenses from 
>Apple Computer, Inc. - for all of the official released Apple II and 
>IIGS system software (including Hypercard IIGS), that will legally allow 
>me to make them all available from the 1WSW web site and/or GS WorldView 
>web site. I plan to make them all available there for your download 
>needs - freely, within the next week or two, as best my time allows!
>
>Apple Computer, Inc. has also given me premission to select the archived 
>format for these - when I make them available. I'd appreciate it if 
>those interested in making suggestions on which archive file format, 
>they would like to see used - woulrd reply.
>
>I personally think the Shrinkit (.sea) self-extracting archive format 
>would be best for all of the IIGS system and Hypercard IIGS disks.

.shk would be better.  That way, people without enough memory to run
Finder, GS/OS, etc (indeed, people who don't HAVE system disks and need
to use Prodos8 to download & extract the GS System disks as well...
and don't think it doesn't happen; I was one of these folks) can still
use the disk images.

compressing the 800k disk images and distributing them as shrinkit
archives that aren't self extracting really is the best idea.  That's
(shrinkit) what everyone has, it's what everyone else uses to distribute
their software on the internet, it's easy, and it's II.




>
>Cheers, Peace & God Bless!
>Rev. Charles T. Turley, Ph.D.
>Exec. Coordinator - 1WSW
>Editor - GS WorldView
>
>


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