Re: Convert Appleworks 3.0 Files to MS-DOS

[mlgstudios@yahoo.com (mlgstudios)]

mlgstudios@yahoo.com (mlgstudios) wrote in message news:<9791a08.0410011857.414581c1@posting.google.com>...
> 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


Well, I found the type changer program, and ran it, and I find that
shrinkit needs system 5.0.4 or later.  I have system 2.  I downloaded
all the files for system 6, loaded them up, and the installer freezes
on Disk 1.  It says that it can't load the instruction set (or
something along those lines).  I'm guessing that there either isn't
enough memory in my IIGS for System 6 or I my ROM version is too old
(rev 01).  Oh well.  I'll either have to pay someone to do this or do
it manually.  Ugh.