Re: Getting Shrinkit to IIGS for the first time

[James Gray <jamesg@alaska.net>]

> I have found the file SHRINK.EXE, which I believe looks like was put
> together for these first time installs.I tried to execute it on the GS,
> but all I get is a PROGRAM TOO LARGE error from the Applesoft prompt.
> This program is 71K. I have tried running it with the Basic in both
> System 6.01 and System 3.2 with similiar results. When I catalog the
> disk with SHRINK.EXE its file type is BIN.

I did an experiment with shrink.exe. It is run by typing -shrink.exe at the
applesoft prompt. The file is supposed to be a txt file. The - on a txt file
is similar to typing exec filename. If applesoft thinks the file is bin,
then it can't find room for it.  I use the Orca Shell to change filetypes. I
am not sure how to do it from applesoft.

There are hex/block editors that can do it. A short program could be bloaded
and then bsaved with a chosen filetype. Even if the shrink.exe could be
brun, it would crash. The start of shrink.exe looks like an applesoft
program and then an assembly routine that is used to get the shrinkit files
onto disk for the first time.

- James - [IMAGE]