Re: GS shrinkit file transfer--PC to Apple II GS

["Laine Houghton" <LaineH@msn.com.com>]

Well you confused the heck out of me. IN#2 will do you no good here. Dos3.3
is not needed for any files you are dealing with here. It sounds like you
have ADTgs up and working on the Apple. Get ADTwin :
http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/gswv/ADTWin.html

With ADT working on the apple and the pc you can xfer files between machines
on a null connection.

A text file with FILESTART is a binscii encoded file and you will need to
use BINSCII to convert it to a working binary.

Also consider fishwings for managing .dsk images on the pc.
http://www3.bboard.com/charlied/fishwings.htm




"Franko" <dragonadventure@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, I'll try to be as specific as I can.  I have a II GS with no
> hard drive,
> System 5.0, 3.5" start up disks. Dos 3.3, Prodos 5.25" disks.  Null
> Modem.
>
> On the PC side, I'm using Hyperterminal in Win 98SE..On the GS, I
> typed in IN#2.  (This command during the null-modem transfer worked on
> the ADTgs dump file).
>
> I downloaded a .dsk file that contains Binscii and Shrinkit(the Apple
> IIe+ version) for Apple II on 5.25" disk.  I used ADTgs for converting
> it.  No problem there.
>
> Using a Dos 3.3 boot formatted disk, I'm transferring the IIGS
> Shrinkit file, gshk11.bsc.txt (as a text file) from the PC (using
> Hyperterminal) to the II GS via null modem. I used the IN#2 command.
> (assuming this will work as did the ADT dump file transfer).  I see
> FILESTARTfilestart, etc on the Apple II side so I know it isn't
> garbage. The GS usually beeps at the last few characters of each line
> (is that normal?).
>
> After about an hour, the file has been transferred but after I press
> Return, to save the file, I get a SYNTAX ERROR.   What SAVE command do
> I type after I get all the text? Or do I need to use a comm program
> for the Apple II instead of the simple IN#2 command? Or do I need to
> use the ProDos boot disk? I have Z-Link but no instructions on how to
> operate it.
>
> I've been reading the FAQ's about transferring text files and all that
> but could someone make an "idiot's" guide step by step instructions on
> how to do this? With what SAVE commands, settings, ect?
>
> Note I've also used a Mac to format ProDos disks and used the 5.25
> version of Shrinkit but no luck due to the Mac's way of putting in
> resource forks.