Re: sheppyware woes

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Adalbert Goertz writes ...
> 
> re
>      When you say GSHK does not recognize the bxy format, do you mean
> that it shows the file as available but, when you select the file,
> GSHK claims the file is damaged or an unknown format?
> >>
> Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>
> Yes, exactly.
 ....

     The ProTerm 3.1 default Receive Options setting for dealing with Binary
II perfixed files (like .bxy files) is "Binary II". This setting means that
ProTerm will attempt to strip away the Binary II header and use the
information there.

     It may be that ProTerm is messing up on apple_iigs/wwgs122.bxy because
the Binary II header is an odd size. Try changing Proterm's Receive Options
setting for Binary II to "None". This should let you get the file 'as is'
complete with the header (which should be a file of length 295,424 bytes).

     GS-ShrinkIt (GSHK) seems to do a better job of dealing with the header.
If you get a good download of the whole file you may need to set GSHK to "All
files" to have apple_iigs/wwgs122.bxy show up as available for unshrinking.
In tests GSHK was able to unshrink the .bxy file with no problem.



Rubywand