Re: ShrinkIt Problems

[Martin Landhage <ma-la@algonet.se>]

You need to use the IIGS version of Shrik it. That one also handles
resourse forked files.

/Martin Landhage


On 29 Aug 1997, Dave Downin wrote:

> I have version 3.4 of ShrinkIt on my Apple IIGS (ROM 01).  It loads and 
> runs fine, but anytime I try to decompress a .shk file it gives me an 
> error - "Can't open forked files".
> 
> I'm downloading to my Macintosh and using ProTYPE (version 1.1) to clean 
> and convert the files onto a ProDOS disk.  This was good enough to get me 
> a working copy of ShrinkIt (it even decoded the binsci file).  I've had no 
> luck with getting ShrinkIt to deal with the .shk files that I download.
> 
> It's weird because if I put the ProDOS disk in my Mac and using resedit 
> check for a resource fork on the .shk files, it doesn't find one (and I 
> don't let it create one).
> 
> Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
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> Dave Downin (downin@clark.net / downin@reboot.dt.navy.mil / arlo@hackerz.org)
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