Re: .shk file?-- quest to get Echo sound card software

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

ernestls writes ...
> 
> How do I open/transfer a .shk file?
> 
> Specifically, I'm trying to get the software for my Echo II card, and
> there's a file at:
> 
> ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/Music.and.Sound/Echo_II_cardDO.SHK
> 
> ...that I would like to be able to use. I'm not sure if this is the software
> that I'm looking for but it might be. Any help here would be most
> appreciated. TIA
 ....

     The original .shk file is pretty large, about 474k, which makes it too
large to transfer to 5.25" diskette. I moved it to our IIgs, unshrinked it, and
re-shrinked the contents into five smaller .shk files which can be transferred
to 5.25" disk. They have been uploaded to an Echo folder on ACN Florida at
ftp://24.96.48.134:6502/Cabi_Archives/Music.and.Sound/

     When the big ShrinkIt file is unshrinked, you get mainly a bunch of files
named "D000", "D001", ... "D034". What's weird is that the files seem to be
highly compressed but no utility I've tried can uncompress them.

     Also, there seem to be too many files to be software; which leads me to
suspect that the files contain documentation. (Not sure, though.)

     So, you could end up wasting your time messing with the files. Perhaps
someone who has some Echo software will upload it to Ground or Asimov or
another archive and post a message here.



Rubywand