Re: Netatalk Apple II Share Corruption Q

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article <2007030411332516807-wendelliii@gmailcom>,
 Wendell III <wendell.iii@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/appleii/appleiiecard.html
> 
> In reading the above, I see:
> 
> "It is easy to corrupt Apple II programs with a MacOS resource fork.
> 
> Without the fork, Apple II files tend to tear up your MacOS hard drive 
> or otherwise cause Norton Utilities and Apple Disk First Aid to 
> register all kinds of funny errors that they want you to fix. Don't 
> allow any MacOS utilities to work on any Apple II programs. This will 
> destroy them.

I have to disagree with David and his statement that this claim seems 
rather extreme.  As someone who's used networked Apple II's and Macs for 
a lot of years and run Norton and Disk First Aid, that claim is complete 
and utter BULLSH*T!

Norton might have come up on 8 bit Apple II files if the modification 
date was before the creation date, but that was minor.  If there was 
GS/OS files with a resource fork, Norton would just report that there 
was a file with a damaged resource fork and ignore it.

Now I don't know what would have happened if you opened a GS/OS file 
with a resource editor on the Mac.  Never did it as I assumed it just 
wouldn't work.

I've never had a Mac utility destroy an Apple II file.  Although it 
could have if it'd taken out the disk, which Norton has done from time 
to time with people I know.

I've also never had problems downloading files on the Mac and 
transferring them to my GS, even for use with 8 bit ProDOS programs.

Greg B.

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