Re: 'What is the Apple IIGS' MAJOR UPDATE!

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Alex Lee" <alelee@mac.com> wrote in message news:48984835$0$2274$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> On 2008-08-05 19:04:52 +1000, "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> said:
> 
> > YAY!!!!!!, I won, I won.
> > Ok, exercising my prize, I find that the hard drive image is the same 
> > as the older one, except that the newer one doesn't have the nice 
> > background picture of your web site on it.
> > As far as the ROM images, I can open the zips, but I can't extract the 
> > files. Something about unsupported compression method.
> > Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
> > http://www.garberstreet.com
> 
> Ug, that's not a good sign re: being able to open the Zip files but not 
> extract anything from then.

Seen it before, quite recently, in fact. Maybe try again, a different setting. 
Let me know when it's ready. 

> Would you be able to download any 2image archive to see if that unzips 
> correctly?

Yes, the hard drive image opens and extracts just fine, leaving the resource 
fork alone. 

> I've zipped all the archives using StuffIt Standard v9.01 on MacOS X 
> 10.4.11 and they should be stripped of any Mac specific icons or 
> resources. When I downloaded the ROM01 image, it unzipped correctly. 
> What program are you using the unzip archives?


I use WindowsXP's built-in decompressor when it works, and when not, 
then I run 7-Zip, and that takes care of most other compressed files. 

Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
http://www.garberstreet.com