Re: Q: IIGS-image transfer using ADT? --> Thanks!

["Deacon Blue" <scavenger@apexmail.com>]

Thanks for your reply,  and for extensive the feedback! I will definitly
explore the possibilities using a Z-modem transfer.

best regards



Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message >
>      The way to move 3.5" 2MG images as well as any ShrinkIt .shk or .sdk
> file is via a standard telecom file transfer over a NULL modem connection.
> For example, with Modem MGR running on the file://c or IIgs and Hyperterm
running
> on the PC, you would do a Z-modem file transfer.
>
>      A standard 3.5" 800k diskette is plenty big enough to hold a ShrinkIt
> compressed 3.5" whole-disk archive (a 3.5" .sdk file). The fact that the
disk
> content may be IIgs files, some of which may have resource forks, does not
> matter. Whether running on a IIgs or file://c, 8-bit ShrinkIt can
uncompress the
 file to another 3.5" disk because, for a whole-disk archive, it is dealing
> with Blocks, not files.
>
>      ShrinkIt archives of files (.shk files) are different. They can be
small
> enough to fit on a 5.25" diskette with no problem or so large that they
will
> not fit on a 3.5" diskette. An .shk archive of IIgs files will not
unshrink
> correctly using 8-bit ShrinkIt if any of the files have resource forks.
>
>      For .2MG 3.5" disk image files, you, again, have a disk archive (so
file
> content is not a problem).  The snag you run into is that the file is too
> large to fit on a 3.5" 800k diskette. A way around this barrier is to use
> WinZIP to compress the file on PC and transfer the .zip file. (.2MG images
> are frequently already in .zip form when downloaded; so, the compression
step
> is usually not necessary.)
>
>      Since, one way or another, you need more than an 800k 3.5" diskette
to
> hold the uncompressed .2MG file, unzipping will probably need to be
handled
> on a IIgs. PMPunZIP is a good utility to use. The target can be a hard
disk,
> Zip Drive disk, or large RAM disk. Once you have the .2MG file,
NinjaForce's
> Asimov2 can convert it to 3.5" diskette.
>
>
>
> Rubywand