Re: Vindicate the Apple IIGS

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Terry Allen <hmag@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

:> tried to download Kermit for the IIGS and part of it is binscii'ed.  So, I
:> downloaded binscii.exe to a Mac that was connected to the net, copied it to an
:> Apple II (not Mac) formated floppy.  When I type 'cat' the IIGS reads the disk
:> and tells me binscii.exe is there but when I type 'exec binscii.exe' I get a
:> FILE TYPE MISMATCH error.  Under cat binscii.exe's type is $00 which I
: think is
:> wrong.  
:> 1. What did I do wrong?  

: It seems that many who have replied to this thread have lost the fact that
: he seems to be using a PC, not a Mac. In any case, I seem to remember
: reading about a piece of software from someone like Dataviz that let's you
: format & read software from a Mac, so the best bet would be to format an
: 800k floppy from the GS in HFS, then copy the software from the PC download
: onto it using the PC software. Can't remember any more info than this
: though.

Uh, reread the excerpt from the original post which I quoted up there.
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