Re: Need Help With Downloads

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

spam@luddite.ca (Ned Ludd) wrote in message news:<1g1whly.1be2avc1l292ycN%spam@luddite.ca>...
> Ralph Glatt <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Okay, first of all, I need some sort of instructions on how to use
> > Zlink. I have a couple copies, but neither has a readme file. I could
> > also use some advice on how to use Shrinkit, especially on how to
> > unshrink files.
> > 
> > Does anyone know if the disk images on Asimov are shrunk? I'm pretty
> > sure the files on ground are.
> 
> The disk images on Asimov are not shrunk in the ShrinkIt sense, you'll
> need Asimov (GS only) or similar utility to un-image them (disk images
> are mainly useful for emulators).
> 
> Don't know about Zlink, but ShrinikIt is pretty straight-forward (all
> the commands are shown on-screen), I think the only trick is to hit
> [open apple - A] when the directory catalog comes up (this shows all
> unshrinkable files). 
> 
> As far as downloading from the net, I've only used ProTERM for that, but
> I found that using Zmodem Binary is the best method; Xmodem seems to be
> less reliable. Also, some sites seemingly have better quality control
> than others, so the problem might be that the archives you are
> downloading are corrupt.

Thanks, Simon. I plan on using ADT to get the disk images onto
floppies, so hopefully I won't have too much problem there. I am
having a problem getting the Apple program part from ADT. Seems my
version of HyperTerm won't let me do and ASCII dump. :-(

Found my copy of ProTerm, so I should be set there. I also have a
cable to hook my //c to my PC. My biggest problem right now is getting
the two to talk to each other. Any advice would be helpful.



Ralph Glatt