Re: Need fixing filetypes

[TWS <adoyson@nccn.net>]

Files can always be uploaded to comp.binaries.apple2!


Slick wrote:

> Rubywand wrote:
> >      Disk Witch and More Info! I did not know about those. Could you
> > make a list of utils you know of which allow changing filetype and
> > auxtype and say which you especially recommend?
> >
> > Rubywand
> I'll go through my list of stuff on my hard drive.
> DAs:
> Alter (NDA)
> Conchshell (CDA)
> Disk Witch (CDA)
> File Manager (NDA)
> File Info2 (NDA)
> File Info Edit (NDA)
> Super Info II (NDA)
> Utilities CDA (CDA), not very good
>
> Finder Extras:
> More Info
>
> GS/OS Applications
> Instant Access
> File Passage
>
> ProDOS 8
> FAZ II (File Attribute Zap II)
>
> There is the less obvious that few can use:
> Spy Edit
> BlockWork
> Copy II+ (only commercial program in the list)
> These last three require me to check out the book "Beneath Apple ProDOS"
> and edit the directory entry for the file.
>
> BTW, Disk Witch is spelled correctly. Spelling has always been my weak
> area, but computers are my strength. Especially Apple II computers.
> Unfortunetly, Netscape doesn't have a spell checker and it's too much
> trouble to run my post through ClarisWorks, the only desktop publishing
> program that I have for a Macintosh.
>
> I can upload any or all of these programs to an FTP site if needed. They
> are all either public domain, shareware, or freeware.
>
> None of these programs will alter attributes or file types on HFS
> volumes. Could someone post a followup thread listing a program that
> allows me to change the filetype and attributes of a file on an HFS
> partition on a hard drive connected to an Apple IIGS. THere are no
> Macintosh programs on the drive, only GS/OS applications and data. The
> program or whatever needs to be run on a ROM 1 Apple IIGS. I should be
> O.K. in system requirements.
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