Re: arg! MORE file compression probs

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

In article <Pine.ULT.3.91.950901215439.25800D-100000@rac2.wam.umd.edu>,
Master of the Forsaken Souls  <teridon@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
> 
> I now have a copy of the BinSCII application, and used it to decode
> Shrinkit.  But when I tried to launch Shrinkit, it said it couldn't find
> a system tool it needed (didn't say which), and said I needed at least
> system 5.0.3.   
> 
> I don't know what version I have, it didn't seem to be in "About the 
> Finder"... How do I find out?

You probably have a very old version, in that case (System 4 or
earlier).  Do you actually have a "Finder" at all?

What does the screen show while the machine is booting?  Do you get a
graphical screen saying "Welcome to the IIgs"?  If so, what colour is
the background?  If it is the same colour as the screen border, then
you have System 4.0.  If it is "periwinkle blue" (the same colour as
the desktop in currnet programs), then you have System 5.0 to 5.0.4.
System 6.0 and later show their version in the progress box.

If you get a text screen that mentions ProDOS-16, then you are running
System 3.2 or earlier.

> Also, the reason I'm doing all this decoding in the first place is
> the get the latest system software for the GS, but I can't run
> Shrinkit to decode it. 

Get the IIe version of ShrinkIt (just called "ShrinkIt").  It runs
under ProDOS-8, and can decompress 3.5" disk images.  You can use that
to extract System 5.0.4, which can then be used to run ShrinkIt GS.
-- 
David Empson
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