Re: Getting files from a pc => mac => IIGS and/or a IIe

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <1134160790.965052.165620@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Steve wrote:
> Success!
> 
> I had seen the jagshouse site but was unable to get any of the files -
> I don't think they're available any longer ...
> 
> However! ... I found shrinkit1.1.sea.bin on the ground ftp mirror at
> apple2.org.za and when I transferred that via the TransMac application
> to the mac the bin ext disappeared.  I then copied it to a prodos
> formatted disk and tried it in the IIGS and it worked.  Now, I could
> have sworn I tried all and any combinations I could think of (
> including this one) but perhaps not.  I'm not sure what the 
> significance of the bin extension means and why that worked when 
> others didn't but oh well - it works.

Traditionally on the Internet a filename extension of .bin means it's a 
MacBinary encoded file. This puts the data fork, resource fork and file 
system data into one file which can then be safely transferred to a non-
Mac file system e.g. an FTP server. Almost all Mac telecommunication 
programs, including FTP clients and web browsers, will automatically 
restore the file to it's original state after they download it, and it 
sounds like TransMac did the same thing when it copied the file to a Mac 
disk.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://roger.geek.nz/
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