Re: Getting software into my IIgs?

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romeo@anet-dfw.com (Romeo) wrote:

>Howdy.
>
>Ok, here's the situation. I have a IIgs with a 14.4k modem, and a PC. I want
to 
>be able to unshrink GS software that I got from from the internet(with my PC).

>The problem is, my version of Shrinkit(3.2) won't extract "forked" files.
Well, 
>ok, so I download Shrinkit GS(1.1, I think). When I try to un-shrink it, it 
>says that the main program is a "forked" file. So how am I supposed to get 
>Shrinkit GS???
>
>Is there some sort of self-extracting version of Shrinkit GS that I can 
>download?

The version of Shrinkit GS 1.1 that you want to get ends with .sea and
is a self-extracting archive.  Find it out http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/
the ground ftp server.  You may need to snoop around to find it.

Once you get it to your PC, modem it over to your GS.  Now, assuming
you have a file type setting program on the GS, set the file type of the
.sea file to "S16"...this is very important because it allows the GS to
see the .sea file as a PROGRAM.  Once this is done, you can just
double click the Shrinkit GS file from Finder and it will self extract.