Re: problem with images

[dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dick Napoli)]

Cyrus Roton (croton@ridgecrest.ca.us) wrote:
: Help !!!  I downloaded some diskimages from <ftp.asimov.net> to My Mac 
: and used unstufit to expand the files. Then I used Apple File Exchange to 
: copy them to a prodos disk. On the Apple IIe, I used unforkit, which 
: converted the images to binary files. Then I used the exerciser to change 
: the file types to "IMG" files which Copy II Plus, version 7.1, could 
: recognize. Then, I let Copy II Plus copy the images to 5.25. disks.

: Those disks will not boot. Probably there is no DOS. There is a 
: directory, and it looks as though the proper files are there. However, 
: none of the files will run, nor even load properly. I looked at the 
: directory with a disk zap program. The listed beginning track/sector for 
: a file, as shown in the directory, should be the track/sector list for 
: that file, but it is not. Looks as though the image has gotten scrambled 
: somehow.

: Am I doing it all wrong?? Has anyone else been able to download and use 
: those images (DOS.BOSS, and GRAPHIC MAGICIAN)???

: The files all end in ".GZ", which I assume means "gzip". Should I be 
: unzipping the files with that program (where can I get it)?

: Cyrus Roton   croton@ridgecrest.ca.us
: Ridgecrest Apple User Group


	Yes, you have to decode them first with a Mac unzipper.  There is
a copy of MacGzip on the asimov site in the utilities directory. 
Also,  Drop Stuff with Expander Enhancer will decode Gzip files if the
.gz file is dropped on Stuffit Expander.  As an aside, the new version
(4.0) of DropStuff will now decode tar files.

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Dick Napoli (dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us)