Re: Shrink Files

["Ken Tucker" <ktucker@NOSPAMiit.net>]

Thanks, John. Someone mentioned that might work but I haven't tried it yet
(thinking it wouldn't!). I'll get Bernie tonight!

Ken

"John Zielke" <jzielke@nospam.qquest.com> wrote in message
news:3b9ce8e5$0$151@wodc7nh6.news.uu.net...
> What you can do is use the Bernie Apple GS Emulator.  It uses the floppy
on
> the Mac as a 3.5 drive in the emulator. You can run GSShrink and create
the
> floppy.  I just did it last night.  There is a Hard Drive Img on GS
Fairway
> I think it has GSshrink installed. There is also a Binascii and GSHrink
IMG
> also on the FTP sites if the hard drive image does not have it. Run that
in
> the emulator and create all the 3.5 disks you need.
>
> If the image is of DiskCopy type image, then you can have that create
> floppies.
>
>
> "Ken Tucker" <ktucker@NOSPAMiit.net> wrote in message
> news:3Rqm7.165835$oh1.70736679@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com...
> > Is there a Mac version of ShrinkIt? I was hoping I could get the IIgs
> images
> > to my Mac then just unshrink them there to a floppy, then use that
floppy
> > directly on the IIgs.
> >
> >  I'm guessing not though since it's a complete disk image... Anyone?
> >
> >
> >
> > <thomas> wrote in message 9movet01877@enews1.newsguy.com">news:9movet01877@enews1.newsguy.com...
> > > It took me FOREVER to finally setup my systems to properly do this -
> > here's
> > > what I have (and I got it working mainly due to some kind souls on
this
> > > newsgroup!!)
> > >
> > > my setup:
> > > pc (win2000 pro - but that should not matter too much)
> > > mac quadra 700 (running I think 7.6.1 - 8.1 didn't leave me with too
> much
> > > free memory) - it's perfect for me - small footprint, built-in
ethernet
> > and
> > > it looks really nice - very important!
> > > IIgs (with an applied ingenuity HD - vulcan wanta be)
> > >
> > > pc and mac are connected via t10 ethernet
> > > mac and IIgs are connected via appletalk
> > >
> > > on windows: netscape fasttrack web server (free) - iplanet.com
> > > on mac: netscape 2.x installed (the later ones use too much ram on my
> > quadra
> > > and take too long to start - due to java which I don't need on the mac
> > side)
> > > and a program called protype
> > > between the mac and iigs I have my mac drives shared to the iigs via
> > > aliases.
> > >
> > > 1) I download files from web onto the pc (ftp or regular IE downloads)
> > > 2) copy the downloaded files onto a directory setup on the web
server -
> on
> > > my desktop I just drag and drop them there
> > > 3) start netscape on the mac - I have the homepage setup to the
> published
> > > directory on the windows web server
> > > 4) from the mac netscape just drag and drop the files onto the mac
drive
> > and
> > > drop the files onto protype - it removes resource forks from the files
> and
> > > does some nice handling of (I think they're called) bsq or bsx (I
> forget)
> > > files - NOTE I could NOT get it working without doing this.
> > > 5) on the IIgs I open the shared mac drives and drag and drop the
files
> > onto
> > > the IIgs - most often I don't even bother to copy the files, I just
> > > gs-unshrink them directly from the mac over appletalk - the speed
> problem
> > is
> > > not getting the file from appletalk vs. the gs drives writing back the
> > disk.
> > >
> > > I've been using this for a couple of months now recreating all kinds
of
> > lost
> > > IIgs treasures - works great for IIe disk restores as well - just make
> > sure
> > > you have initialized the IIe disk first - took me a while to figure
that
> > one
> > > out.
> > >
> > > total cost: webserver was free (doesn't win2k already come with IIS -
> > > anyhow), about $5 for an ethernet to AAUI (or something like that)
> adapter
> > > for my quadra, $5 for a bunch of phonenet type appletalk connectors,
and
> I
> > > think I paid about $10 for the quadra 700 with max ram, 230meg
internal
> > HD.
> > >
> > > thomas
> > >
> > > "John Zielke" <jzielke@nospam.qquest.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3b8f93e8$0$26197@wodc7nh0.news.uu.net...
> > > > I am having no luck converting SHK files back to 3.5 diskettes.  I
> > > download
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>