Re: Shrinkit IIGS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

"Kenneth Heffington" <kheffington@homail.com> wrote:

>Hello everyone.  This may be a dumb question, but how do I get this to work.
>
>I have downloaded ShrinkIt1.1.SEA from Apple's website and assume that it is
>a self extracting file.  I am using it PC to download it then transfering it
>to a Mac and finally to 3 1/2" Prodos disk from the Mac.  This method worked
>fine for downloading the System 6.0.1 disk images to a PC then transfering
>to a Mac to make disks but I can not get shrinkit to work.  It will not self
>extract on the Mac or on the IIGS.
>
>I would download it to the Mac but the Mac is not connected to the Internet.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

It is a IIGS self-extracting archive.  You need to set its file type as
a IIGS 16-bit application before it can work.  This is because the PC
does not keep the IIGS file type intact.  Set the file to file type S16.