Re: What's the deal with HyperCard IIGS at apple.com?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <4me1hn$i8p@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
Sean McAfee <mcafee@umich.edu> wrote:
> I've been trying to download HyperCard IIGS from ftp.support.apple.com
> since yesterday.  At first I tried to grab the .bxy versions, but after
> downloading them to my GS, no utility would recognize the file format.

They have an extraneous AppleSingle header, if I remember right.
Strip off the first 512 bytes, then try again.

> Eventually I went to the Mac lab here at UM and downloaded the Mac .hqx
> versions, decoded them, unshrunk them, and used the DiskCopy program to
> put the images onto ProDOS disks.  When I was done, the Mac I was using
> recognized the disks as ProDOS disks, and they all seemed to contain the
> right files; but I just tried them at home, and the Finder can't recognize
> the disk format.

That should have worked.  The only problem I can think of would be if
the Mac is a newer one with el-cheapo 3.5" drives that don't format
800K disks in a way that is compatible with a real Apple 3.5 Drive.
Try using an older Mac (Plus through IIfx, LC, LC II, Classic, Classic
II, Colour Classic), possibly some later machines as well.
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David Empson
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