Re: HCGS at ftp.support.apple.com

[paulb@eecs.nwu.edu (Paul Brazis)]

In article <Pine.A32.3.91.950719193238.12091B-100000@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca>,
Brian D. Uhreen <bduhreen@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> wrote:
>On 19 Jul 1995, Chuck Orem wrote:
>
>> Thank You Apple Com for wasting my fucking time.
>> 
>> And yes, I did use binary format to transfer the files.
>> 
>> Now, is there a site where the HCGS disks are available, in a format that 
>> GSHK 1.1 will recognize? Thank You.
>
>Relax will ya?
>
>The files from that come from ftp.support.apple.com have a 128 byte mac 
>binary header file put on by apple for some really strange reason.  There 
>was a program in the binaries a while ago to strip this header out.  
>Someone in this newsgroup should be able to give you a name of the 
>file and/or post it to the binaries again.
>	Brian
>


There is a program out there that will stip these bytes off nicely. I used it,
and it worked like a charm. I don't have access to my GS right now, but I
think that you can get that fix off of caltech or one of the other sites. I'm
not sure on this, but the fix DOES exist.