Re: HELP - Emulator Newbie - SHK and BXY files

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

BXY files are not BINSCII files. They are ShrinkIt files with a 128-byte
"Binary II wrapper" that tells your Apple II telecom program's transfer
utility some miscellaneous info such as the filename and filetype. BXY files
can be SHK "file" compressions or SDK "whole-disk" compressions, and
ShrinkIt recognizes both. There are other variations, for example, BQY is a
QQ file in a Binary II wrapper (which BTW ShrinkIt can also handle just
fine.)

Tom Zuchowski

"Chris Morse" <chris@CosmicWolf.com> wrote in message
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> Howdy!
>
> Anyhow, I've noticed a lot of material available in SHK and BXY
> formats..  I'm trying to figure out how to get the file(s) they
> contain into a disk image-- something I can finally run.
>
> From what I understand, SHK are ShrinkIt files - akin to a ZIP file.
> BXY are BinSCII files which are basically an ASCII encoding of
> a file (in this case, most seem to be encodings of SHK files.)

> Thanks & Cheers!
> // CHRIS
> // chris@cosmicwolf.com
>