Re: help with the ground's archives

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael Maginnis" <michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:14:21 -0500, "Bill Garber"
: <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
: >
: >"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
: >20040318133805.25147.00001460@mb-m07.aol.com">news:20040318133805.25147.00001460@mb-m07.aol.com...
: >: Michael Maginnis replied:
: >:
: >: >On 18 Mar 2004 09:43:43 GMT, mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J.
: >Mahon) wrote:
: >: >
: >: >--<snip>--
: >: >
: >: >>BINSCII is available for 8-bit Apples (and gsCII or
something
: >for
: >: >>the IIgs) on ground, caltech, or almost any archive.
: >
: >If and when I ever need to uBIN a file, I use the
: >GScii + on the IIgs. It is an NDA or CDA, can/t remember
: >which offhand, but it shows up under the APPLE menu.
: >
: Unfortunately, my problem is that once the archives get to the
IIgs,
: they are no longer recognized as archives.  GScii+ fails the
same as
: the rest.

If you go through a Mac, they are getting forked.
Run them through UNFORKIT0.1 first. BINSCII'd files
are NOT archives in themselves, but have an archive
file inside. GSCII+ won't work on BIN'd files all of
the time, especially if they were BIN'd with BINSCII.

:
: --<snip>--
:
: >
: >Many of the more commonly used BINSCII files have been
: >converted to SHK (ShrinkIt) format and are easily uSHK'd
: >with ShrinkIt 3.4 on 8-bit or GShk on the IIgs. Some of
: >these are even placed in the same folder with the BINSCII
: >version.
: >
:
: I haven't seen the one I want (hdinstall) as
: anything but binscii, unfortunately.

I think I converted that. Let me check, and
if I did, I'll send it to you.

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