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

[Lockar <lockar@nosppam.com>]

          Steve,

                     Give me a few days (sick at the moment) and I will
have a very easy solotion for you and any one else for that matter.

      -Lockar



In article <1133899944.677226.163120@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Steve <guardynz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> I have checked out the FAQ in the past.  I found this section to be the
> most useful for what I'm trying to do, but I'm still having problems
> ... :(
> 
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FLUTILS.html
> 
> This section (http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html) would
> also be incredibly useful, I'm sure ... except for the fact that I
> *don't* have a serial card that I can use.  Hopefully soon.  There's
> less of a market in NZ for such things and postage is often expensive
> from overseas.
> 
> Anyway, if I follow the suggestions in the first part of the FAQ I
> mentioned, I have the following problems ...
> 
> I need to get ShrinkIt on the IIGS somehow.  However, the problem is
> getting a working copy there to start with.  I can get it to the Mac
> but then the Mac doesn't know what to do with it.  If I transfer it to
> the IIGS, it is the wrong file type (the IIGS simply doesn't recognise
> it) (and I presume has this "resource fork").
> 
> So, to change the file type I gather tchange.bin is the way to go.
> However, when I transfer that to the Mac, then to the IIGS, same
> problem - the IIGS doesn't recognise the file and I can't follow the
> advise and directions in this link:
>
> http://groups.google.co.nz/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/d053b882
> f1def3f/0b9f68d76e8bc53e?lnk=st&q=%2400+tchange&rnum=1#0b9f68d76e8bc53e
>  (I hope that works) due to the resource fork.
> 
> The other tools that are referenced are all in shk or sdk format (for
> which I presume I need ShrinkIt or some such program) and I can't get
> any program to do this for me.
> 
> Aside from that, I was able to transfer the MacOS 7.5.3 and the 7.5.5
> update onto the Mac and they worked without a problem so that's
> something.  However, that was more of an aside - not really helping the
> cause with the IIGS ...
> 
> Ummmm, okay, does that make anymore sense?
> 
> Oh, also, some tools that may help are referenced to the ground ftp
> site (which appears to be down) ... I guess I need something in the
> right format that I can run on the Mac that'll sort out the file type
> and the resource forking issues ...
> 
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions ... ? ... I'm a willing listener/learner
> ...
> 
> :)
> Thanks for reading (once again)
> Steve
>