Re: Getting Shrinkit to IIGS for the first time

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

James Gray <jamesg@alaska.net> wrote in message
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> > 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.
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> 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.

We should make a disk image with a bunch of utilities on it, so anyone who
can create the GS OS system disks can just make one more with utils on it
such as Shrinkit, ShrinkitGS, a couple of freeware and/or shareware comm
programs, etc.

I did the Binscii to Shrinkit route a couple of years ago, which was pretty
difficult for someone not familiar with the Apple II command line...
-Paul