Re: Web Downloads...

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

sane@netaxs.com (Wonko The Sane) writes:

<Whenever I FTP something Apple II from the Web, I find that most files 
<are broken up into several different parts. Even if I get them all and 
<download, I can't get them to be read together. What should I do? Do I 
<need an ASM compiler to get them into one file and then unpack? I can't 
<unpack seperately, that's for sure. 
<	What really bugs me is that I can't use any good files -- only 
<ones that're under about 50K -- the max size for any Apple 2 archive that 
<I've been able to find. Bottom line: I can't download ANYTHING without a 
<way to compile pieces together. I'm really screwed unless someone has a 
<suggestion. 
<	Also: Anyone know any good Apple II FTP sites? I found one in 
<UIowa, but that's about it. Aren't there any out in Berkley?

<	Thanks in advance to anyone who can help...

You need binscii (or GScii+) to unpack them into shrinkit files.  Since
UNIX generally does not support 8-bit file transfers, binscii was 
developed to convert files to text (7-bit).

Lurch