Re: Newbie Question: Extracting GS/OS in SEA format

["CybrSlider" <cybrslider@home.com>]

Well, thanks to all of the great input. I got the GSOS extracted and
working. Thanks!


CybrSlider <cybrslider@home.com> wrote in message news:...
> Paul,
>
>     Thank you. I will try it. I have DiskCopy already.
>
>     Everyone, thank you for the input. I really appreciate it! If I can't
> solve this problem with all of the input I've received, I should not be
> using a computer! Ha! Thanks!
>
> David
> <paul_demarni@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:8oks9f$f8g$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <Pmir5.113915$6y5.76446834@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>,
> >   "CybrSlider" <cybrslider@home.com> wrote:
> > > Well, that's part of the problem. I don't have Shinkit for the 8-bit
> > or GS.
> >
> >
> > From one Newbie to another,
> >
> >  I was in the same predicament a few weeks back. A IIGS, no software
> > whatsoever and only a PC on the 'net. I had success using TransMac on
> > the
> > PC, but I downloaded the Macbinary version of the disks from Apple's
> > site, not the .hqx ones. Once downloaded on your PC, on TransMac after
> > you select copy file, select Data. Move this disk to your Mac (I had a
> > Classic) and
> > you should get a icon to click on, the .sea file. Click it a couple of
> > times, and you should end up with a file (looks like a blank page) that
> > is approximately 800K long.
> >
> > Don't click on this file as it is a DiskCopy Image. Get DiskCopy on your
> > Mac, 2 different versions depending on what your system version is. Both
> > versions are downloadable from Apple. Once Diskcopy is running, get to
> > where it lets you load an image file. Select the 800K version that the
> > .sea file created, DiskCopy should recognize it as a PRODOS image. Hit
> > make a copy, put in a disk and you should be in business. I plugged the
> > Apple 3.5 drive from the GS into my Classic. This was the easy part. To
> > solve the Shrinkit chicken and egg scenario, I found a Mac
> > archived - DiskCopy image with both versions of Shrinkit and a few
> > other goodies at ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mac/
> > I think this image was in .hqx, so set TransMac to binhex?, and then use
> > Stuffit to translate it once it is in the Mac. Again you should end up
> > with an approx 800K file that you use DiskCopy to write out.
> >
> > Just learning Apple myself,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
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