Re: Using a PC to write IIGs-readable files

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Michael Wicklund writes ...
> 
> Ok.  The problem is that I don't have access to a Mac (only an A2gs and
> a PC) and I don't have any program that can handle Shrinkit files.
 ....

     You can use ADT-GS to transfer 5.25" disk image files to your IIgs. There
is a good collection of popular utilities on disk image in Ground's Useful
Stuff folder at ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/ .

     Each of the utility disks in the folder is described in a Text file. The
info for PDShrinkIts shows these contents:

ProDOS v1.9 and BASIC.SYSTEM
Startup Program Selector
8-bit ShrinkIt v3.4 (128k)
8-bit Shrink v2.1 for 64k 
8-bit Unshrink v2.1 for 64k
Type Changer (Applespft BASIC)
BINSCII w. docs
Disptext Text reader



     ADT (for "Apple Disk Transfer") was developed by Paul Guertin. It consists
of a PC program and an A2 program you can transfer to an Apple II without
already having a telecom program running on the Apple II. Once the Apple II
part of ADT is running, it 'talks to' the PC ADT program and you have a
dedicated NULL modem setup for transferring 5.25" .dsk disk image files from PC
to 5.25" diskette on the Apple II.

     Directions are included in the ADT and ADT-GS .zip files. For more details
you can check http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#003 .

     The IIgs version of ADT supports only PC-->Apple2 transfers. It is
intended as a way for a GS user with nearly zero software to get the ShrinkIt,
telecom, and copy utilities needed to get going with standard NULL modem
transfers.  

     You can get ADT-GS as a .zip file (AdtGS.zip) from USA2WUG, ACN Florida,
or ACN Tarnover at ...
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/USA2WUG/Utilities/ 
  ftp://24.96.48.134:6502/Cabi_Archives/Applications/Telcom/
  ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/Applications/Telcom/


     Once you have ADT-GS going and have transferred the PDShrinkIts.dsk disk
image from PC to 5.25" diskette on your Apple IIgs, you will have a bootable
disk which will let you run the current version of 8-bit ShrinkIt (v3.4).

     Other disk images in the folder include telecom programs. Once you have a
telecom program like Agate or ZLink going, you can use it to transfer .shk and
.sdk ShrinkIt files and have access to nearly all Apple II and IIgs software.




Rubywand