Re: Convert Appleworks 3.0 Files to MS-DOS

[mlgstudios@yahoo.com (mlgstudios)]

Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message news:<fL67d.15874$54.242932@typhoon.sonic.net>...
> In comp.sys.apple2 mlgstudios <mlgstudios@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How do I make an image of the Appleworks disk?  My PC can't read
> > ProDos disks, and I don't know of a program for the Mac SE that will
> > make images of ProDos disks either.
> > 
> > Do you mean, instead, to copy the Appleworks files via PC Exchange to
> > a PC formatted floppy and then use that on the PC for your conversion
> > program?
> 
> 
> I would recommend making the disk image with ShrinkIt, or putting them
> all in a ShrinkIt archive, and copying that over.  CiderPress is happy
> with disk or file archives.  (If you were using serial cables to do
> transfers I'd recommend ADT, but you're doing the floppy disk shuffle. With
> ShrinkIt's compression you can create an image of an 800K disk and put
> it on an 800K disk.)
> 
> I recommend doing it this way, rather than copying the individual files,
> because you'll probably lose the file types when you do the PC conversion,
> which makes it harder to identify the file format.  You also run the risk
> of something doing an end-of-line conversion and subtly corrupting your
> files.  If the files are in an archive the file types will be preserved
> and any damage will be discovered immediately.
> 
> The next question, of course: do you have ShrinkIt on your Apple II?
> Check the c.s.a2 FAQ for locations and advice on transferring it if
> you don't.  Or just flip through recent postings -- somebody else was
> asking about it in the last couple of days.


OK, here's where I am.

I'm on a PC.  I do not have a Mac that can connect to the Internet.  I
download shrink.exe.  I have downloaded Transmac to copy the file from
the PC to a Mac-formatted disk.  I copy the file from the Mac
formatted disk to a ProDos formatted disk using PC Exchange on the
Mac.  When I put the disk with shrink.exe in my IIGS and type
-shrink.exe I get "file type mismatch".  So I tried using Transmac to
copy the file as a data file, a text file, a resource file, and
"automatic".  Either I get 'file type mismatch' on the Apple IIGS, or
I get beeping and error error error code dump on the screen.

I'm not sure how to proceed.  Any help is appreciated.

Matt