Re: Apple File Transfer

[Peter Hinchliffe <hinchlif@numbat>]

On 20 Jul 1995 LOE2708@waldo.cup.edu wrote:

>           I was wondering if it is possible to tranfer binary files from
>another 
>type of machine to the apple IIgs. I downloaded a bunch 
>of files from the Apple ftp site that where in BSC compressed format. 
>There 
>were two  uncompress utilities in what I guess was 
>standard  uncompressed form(one was something like Binascii). I
>downloaded them onto a pc and then tranfered them over to 
>prodos using a Mac LC with a IIe card.  While text files tranfered with
>no 
>problem the binary files were written in the catalog with the 
>correct name and size but had a file type of $00. When I viewed the files
>all 
>they contained was a header and a bunch of zeros.  If I 
>tried to copy them to another disk or to dos 3.3 the file size would only
>be 
>about 1 or 2 blocks. Anyone have any suggestions?
 
I've hit this problem many times, and I think the problem lies in Mac 
System 7. It always seems to add a 0k resource to whatever file it saves, 
even text files. Since ProDOS 8 cannot handle forked files, the only way 
these files can be used in in GS/OS. One cute way of solving the problem 
is with ShadowWrite. SW will read any type of file, but it asks you if 
you want to read the resource fork or the data fork. Tell it you want the 
data fork, and save the file back as a text file. You can then change the 
filetype to binary or whatever you like with any GS/OS or P8 file utility.


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