Re: Mac d/l for Apple2 GS forked files need help

[buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us (Greg Buchner)]

In article <1998051705272600.BAA01540@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>Where can you get a copy of Shrinkit GS?
>
>Download all the files from the following place and run them through binscii...
>ftp://liquefy.isca.uiowa.edu/8/ground/apple2/apple16/Comm/Utils/Shrinkitgs.v11/

This is good telling him where to go, but Mr. Bright Guy, what does he do
with these files once he gets them.  They are in Binscii format and if he
has the 8 bit program to unbinscii it won't touch them, and for the NDA
version of Binscii he'd already need to have ShrinkIt.

So, what does he do?

>The proper way to extract GS programs is to use GS Shrinkit...
>which, incidentally, is able to extract .shk archives directly from a
>Mac without the need to mess around with Protype...GS/OS and
>GS Shrinkit does not care if Netscape Mac attaches an rComment
>resource to the archive!

But, if he get's ProTYPE from:

ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/8/ground/apple2/Mac/ProTYPE11.hqx

All that he has to do is drop the 4 files he got onto ProTYPE and copy
the resulting file onto a ProDOS formatted disk and run it, assuming that
he has System 6.0.1.  If you need IIGS System 6.0.1, it's available from
Apple at the following address:

ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/US/
  Apple_II/Apple_IIGS_System_6.0.1/

Please note, Apple does have a love for long pathnames so that is one
complete line...if you download the files ending in .sea.bin, you will
end up with Macintosh Disk Images that you can use Disk Copy 6.1.3
which you will find at:
ftp://ftp.info.apple.com//Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/US/
  Macintosh/Utilities/Disk_Copy_6.1.3.sea.bin

Now Mr. depuck@ulster.net (Timothy T), if you have any further problems,
drop me a line at the wavetech address listed below and I will be happy
to help you solve your problems.

Greg B.

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