Re: shrinkit

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <rriordan.5.2F8EB0E3@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
Robert Emmett Riordan <rriordan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>I am completely new to the Apple ][e computer so please forgive this 
>elementary question. I have a copy of shrinkit and shrinkit.system. I need to 
>know two things. Is this a DOS 3.3 or PRODOS application? How do I run it? I 
>have tried exec shrinkit.system and all I get is a blank screen. Does this 
>have anything to do with Applesoft  FP ?

   A file with name ending in '.SYSTEM' is almost always a ProDOS
file. You can run it from the the standard ProDOS program selector
(boot ProDOS, then type 'bye' from the Basic prompt), or make a disk
with just the 'PRODOS' file and 'SHRINKIT.SYSTEM' on it

   'Exec' is only for ascii files with commands in it (sorta like
batch files on other platforms); you cannot run programs with it.

Nathan Mates

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