Re: Vindicate the Apple IIGS

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

Thomas R. Wyant, III <NO@SPAMMING> wrote:

:> I've
:> 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's not obvious from your description. My best guess is that the MAC
: assumed that your binscii.exe should be downloaded in binary mode, when
: it's really text.

The problem is that Macs (not MACs, I don't know why people seem to think
Mac is an acronym) copy any files with resources onto ProDOS floppies
as extended type $00 files. The kernel returns the unsupported STORAGE_TYPE
error since ProDOS 8 can't handle extended files, but BASIC translates that
into a FILE TYPE MISMATCH error. The cure for this is to get a Mac app
called ProTYPE. It will decode binscii and strip resources off files, and
even set the file types properly. So once you get ProTYPE, you drag 'n drop
the files onto it then copy 'em to a floppy. That's all it takes.
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