Re: ShrinkIt files: from Mac to IIgs

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <jpflores-0606971749530001@dfbfl6-26.gate.net>,
Jason Paul Flores <jpflores@_remove_me_gate.net> wrote:
>I have a friend with a IIgs.  I am trying to get a ShrinkIt file
>(.shk) to go to that system.  I went to Apple's site and got
>ShrinkIt1.1.SEA.  I place ShrinkIt1.1.SEA and the .shk file on a
>prodos formated disk (from my Mac).  The GS can read the information
>but it will not extract ShrinkIt1.1.SEA .

   [Tip: press return every 70 columns or so, not about 100. Makes
your posts come out much nicer, instead of alternating short line/long
line sawtooth]

   What's most likely happening here is that whatever Mac program is
doing the downloading is seeing the .SEA file extension and thinking
it's a Mac program. The filetypes are then all nicely messed up, so
copying it to the ProDOS disk sets the wrong filetype-- the Mac
executable format, not the GS. You'll need to change the filetype on
either the Mac or GS end to prove that you're smarter than the Mac's
OS.

>Is it possible that the Mac is screwing the file up.

   In my opinion, that's not only a good assumption but the right one.

>Also the GS in question does not have System 6.0.1 (some older
>version).

   You don't mention precisely what version of the System Software
you're running on this GS, but if it's not GS/OS, (i.e. ProDOS 8 or
16) you're going to do more work on the Mac side since the Mac tends
to add a resource fork to files, something that GSs not running GS/OS
can not deal with easily at all. [Ignore the bigots who think that the
GS label on the case gives the ability to deal with resource forks;
they're dead wrong]

   If you look at the comp.sys.apple2 FAQ at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html section 5.9 "How do I
read/write Apple II files from a Mac?" the program ProTYPE is reported
to be useful (i.e. almost required for a lot of folks) in stripping
off resource forks and setting file types. It is available at
ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mac/ProTYPE.hqx

Nathan Mates
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