Re: Internet->Mac->Apple IIgs

[jturner@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Joseph Turner)]

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
  My guess is that you not only have to change the filetype, but you will 
also have to make sure that it hasn't got a resource fork it it, since 
prodos 8 cannot read forked files. To fix it, well I think that there is a 
program on the mac that my beable to unfork it...atleast that is what I 
think my friend was trying to do when I encountered a similar program when 
trying to get System6(the hard way). what I reckon you should do is 
download it through your IIgs, then go thru there. You only need a simple 
modem program to do that.(Hope you have a modem program) If not ,well can 
probably find someone local who can give you some help...localk apple2 
usersgroup.
   Now if you have a modem program make sure that you download in text 
mode... it means that you will not have to change the filetype...you of 
course want filetype $04. 

   Joe : 
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