Re: Shrinkit IIGS

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Kenneth Heffington writes ...
> 
> "Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
> 
> >      An alternative is to visit Ground's Useful Stuff folder at
> > ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/ and download GSUTILS.sdk.
> This
> > is a whole-disk 3.5" archive which includes ShrinkIt IIgs (a.k.a.
> > "GS-ShrinkIt").  It can be unshrinked to 3.5" diskette on your IIgs using
> > 8-bit ShrinkIt. For more info read GSUTILSinfo.txt .
> >
> >      If you need 8-bit ShrinkIt, it is available in a self-extracting file
> > (Shrink.exe) in the same folder. Directions are in SHRINK.EXE.INFO.txt .
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> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.

     You are welcome.


> I downloaded the files mentioned and transfered
> them to the IIGS.  I followed the instructions in SHRINK.EXE.INFO but could
> not get it to work.  I got an error message on the IIGS that varied from
> something like "wrong file type" to something like "error in line 65----"
 ....

     The instrustions say:
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>>

Download Shrink.exe �Shrinkit in a self-extracting, executable text 
file. 
Download, (transfer to your Apple II if necessary,) get into AppleSoft 
BASIC (run BASIC.SYSTEM), and type -SHRINK.EXE (that's a dash, then the 
file name). Be sure to set the PREFIX first to the location of the 
downloaded Shrink.exe file. For example, 

] PREFIX /HD1
] -SHRINK.EXE 

Shrinkit will self-extract, along with a documentation file.
<<
 ....

     Just tried it and the file extracts fine.


     Here are some things which may explain problems with SHRINK.EXE:

o- You got a bad download-- The correct file size is 71936 bytes. If your
download of Shrink.exe was larger (corrupted), you probably downloaded it in
Text mode instead of binary mode.  This could happen if you connected to
Ground via http:// . For downloads, an ftp site should always be accessed via
the ftp:// URL.

Another way to get Text mode corruption would be to connect via ftp:// and set
your transfer for Text mode (or use a browser or ftp program which defaults to
Text mode for 'unknown' filetypes).

For help on downloading files see ...

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T2TCOM.html

http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/v2000/Mar/
(Click on "Download Help".)


o- You transferred the file from your PC to GS using a Text (or ASCII)
transfer. This would be likely to result in corruption. A regular binary
transfer using Z-modem (or X-modem) is best.

o- The download and transfer went okay; but, you entered "PREFIX /HD1"-- This
is just an example prefix statement. (It tells ProDOS to do LOADs, SAVEs, etc.
taking HD1 as the name of the default volume.)  If you transferred the file
from PC to a volume named "SAVE.DISK", then, once you are looking at the BASIC
prompt, you would enter

PPRFIX /SAVE.DISK

Now, when you enter

-SHRINK.EXE

The file should execute and self-extract.


o- Everything went fine (all of the above); but, you tried to execute the file
on a disk without enough space-- SHRINK.EXE needs about 75k of free space on
the disk on which it is located for saving the ShrinkIt and docs files.



Rubywand