Re: Shrinkit.Exe

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> >     The usual snag with using an .sea file you download and transfer to your
> IIgs
> >is that it arrives as a type TXT file. So, the user will need to change the
> >filetype to $B3 (S16) in order to execute the file and obtain GS-ShrinkIt.
> 
> Yes, and if it has passed through a Mac instead of a PC, that text file
> is going to have a resource fork in it.  Since changing the file type without
> a program to do it usually means going into Basic.System, a ProDOS 8
> program, trying to even access the file is going to result in an error.
> 
> Thus, why not have a separate archive of GS-Shrinkit just for Mac users
 ....

     Yes; since Mac users have the option of transferring downloads to ProDOS
diskette, their needs could be different.

     Have you considered writing up some Q&A about 'getting stuff from the net' for
Apple II users who access the net with a Mac? One thing which is especially
confusing is which OS's and utilities the user needs to do what when accessing the
net on reasonably current Macs.




Rubywand