Re: Internet->Mac->Apple IIgs

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

In article <area51-2504962207080001@pool004.max6.los-angeles.ca.dynip.alter.net>,
Adam Rumack <area51@earthlink.net> wrote:
>   I'm experiencing some problems download files to my Mac Performa 575
>from the internet, and then running them, from disk, on my Apple IIgs.  I
>download the file(s) directly to an  800k Apple II formated disk,  then
>insert it into my Apple IIgs's 3.5 disk drive.  Then I follow the
>intructions to intall BinSCII.EXE, but I get "file type mismatch" errors
>in Basic (which the BinSCII.EXE instructions say to use to intall it).  I
>have tried couple of other programs, but they dont work either.  When I
>use the CAT command it says that the file type is 0$ (or 00, can't
>remember =} ).
>   My guess is that my mac gives it a mac id (or whatever it's called),
>which makes it not work on my Apple II.  If this is the case, how can I
>change the file type? If that's not the problem, then what is and how can
>I fix it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Adam
>
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easy!  that filetype has to read out "TXT" when you pop it in the gs.
try downloading the files to the mac HD, then using apple file exchange
to get it right (this will work, right?).

otherwise, (manually, on the gs....)

type "catalog".  note the length ("end") of the file.
bload file,a$1000,t$00
create file2,ttxt
bsave file2,a$1000,L<length>,ttxt

and all should be happy (that's all from BASIC.SYSTEM, btw.... if you've
got a "]" for a prompt, you should be fine.)

then... exec file2.  it should spit out an executable of binscii, and
then it will no longer matter what filetype things have on the gs, because
if they're binscii archives, binscii is smart enough to open them if you
tell it to.