Re: SHK (ShrinkIt) files and PCs

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Scott Alfter wrote:

>It's a good idea to make sure a ShrinkIt archive gets a Binary II header
>before it gets sent to a non-Apple (II or Mac) system, but IIRC ShrinkIt
>will open archives with an improper filetype/auxtype.  (The extension for a
>ShrinkIt archive with a Binary II header should be .bxy, instead of .shk or
>.sdk.)

ShrinkIt is quite tolerant of "inaccurate" file typing.

In the file open dialog, just type Open Apple-S to show "ALL FILES",
then select the desired file as usual.

ShrinkIt will also "tolerate" a Binary II header or its absence, though
it will not work with a forked file.  UNFORKIT can be used on the //e
to remove a vestigial resource fork attached by a Mac.

BTW, the official extension for a ShrinkIt archive with a Binary II
header is .bsq, but it doesn't matter much, since ShrinkIt will
look at the file and figure out what to do with it.

-michael

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